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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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BioMed Central
2007
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| 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 |