Pilus Operon Evolution in Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Driven by Positive Selection and Recombination

BACKGROUND: The evolution of bacterial organelles involved in host-pathogen interactions is subject to intense and competing selective pressures due to the need to maintain function while escaping the host immune response. To characterize the interplay of these forces in an important pathogen, we se...

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Autores principales: Muzzi, Alessandro, Moschioni, Monica, Covacci, Antonello, Rappuoli, Rino, Donati, Claudio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2576445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18987753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003660

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2576445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18987753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003660

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