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Structural variation of the superintegron in the toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Dec 2011
Gao Yan, Pang Bo, Wang Hai Yin, Zhou Hai Jian, Cui Zhi Gang, Kan Biao
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OBJECTIVE: To understand the genetic structures and variations of the superintegron (SI) in Vibrio cholerae isolated in the seventh cholera pandemic. METHODS: Polymerase chain reaction scanning and fragment sequencing were used. Sixty toxigenic V. cholerae O1 El Tor strains isolated between 1961 and 2008 were analyzed. RESULTS: Some variations were found, including insertions, replacements, and deletions. Most of...
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