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Serotype swapping in <i>Klebsiella</i> spp. by plug-and-play

2025-09-04

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Understanding how complex, multi-gene systems evolve and function across genetic backgrounds is a central question in molecular evolution. While such systems often impose costs through epistatic interactions, some may behave as modular, “plug-and-play” units that retain function with minimal disruption. We used the polysaccharide capsule locus of Klebsiella pneumoniae , a highly exchangeable an...

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Literature Corpus work: fca95d2f-1594-58e6-a2d2-d538ee010ff3
DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.29.672822

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