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Horizontally acquired divergent O-antigen contributes to escape from cross-immunity in the classical bordetellae

BACKGROUND: Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) allows for rapid spread of genetic material between species, increasing genetic and phenotypic diversity. Although HGT contributes to adaptation and is widespread in many bacteria, others show little HGT. This study builds on previous work to analyze the ev...

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Autores principales: Hester, Sara E, Park, Jihye, Goodfield, Laura L, Feaga, Heather A, Preston, Andrew, Harvill, Eric T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24067113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-209