Recombinational basis of serovar diversity in Salmonella enterica.

doi:10.1073/pnas.91.7.2552

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Recombinational basis of serovar diversity in Salmonella enterica.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Mar 1994

Li J, Nelson K, McWhorter A C, Whittam T S, Selander R K

Abstract excerpt

The fliC gene, which encodes phase 1 flagellin, was sequenced in strains of 15 Salmonella enterica serovars expressing flagellar antigenic factors of the g series. The occurrence of each of the flagellin serotypes g,m, m,t, and g,z51 in distantly related strains is the result of horizontal exchan...

Topics

Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
Flagellin
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Recombination, Genetic
Salmonella
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Serotyping

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