High Rates of Homologous Recombination in the Mite Endosymbiont and Opportunistic Human Pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi

Orientia tsutsugamushi is an intracellular α-proteobacterium which resides in trombiculid mites, and is the causative agent of scrub typhus in East Asia. The genome sequence of this species has revealed an unprecedented number of repeat sequences, most notably of the genes encoding the conjugative p...

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Autores principales: Sonthayanon, Piengchan, Peacock, Sharon J., Chierakul, Wirongrong, Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Blacksell, Stuart D., Holden, Mathew T. G., Bentley, Stephen D., Feil, Edward J., Day, Nicholas P. J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20651929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000752

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20651929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000752

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