Phase variation and microevolution at homopolymeric tracts in Bordetella pertussis

BACKGROUND: Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, is a highly clonal pathogen of the respiratory tract. Its lack of genetic diversity, relative to many bacterial pathogens, could limit its ability to adapt to a hostile and changing host environment. This limitation might be ov...

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Autores principales: Gogol, Emily B, Cummings, Craig A, Burns, Ryan C, Relman, David A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1891110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17509142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-8-122

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1891110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17509142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-8-122

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