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Recombination, diversity and allele sharing of infectivity proteins between Bartonella species from rodents.
Microbial ecology - 1 Aug 2012
Paziewska Anna, Siński Edward, Harris Philip D
Abstract excerpt
The alpha-Proteobacterium Bartonella is a common parasite of voles and mice, giving rise to short-lived (4 weeks to 2 months) infections. Here, we report high sequence diversity in genes of the VirB/VirD type IV secretion system (T4SS), amongst Bartonella from natural rodent populations in NE Poland. The VirB5 protein is predicted to consist of three conserved alpha helices separated by loops of variable length...
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