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Mechanisms and impact of genetic recombination in the evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a highly recombinogenic bacterium responsible for a high burden of human disease globally. Genetic recombination, a process in which exogenous DNA is acquired and incorporated into its genome, is a key evolutionary mechanism employed by the pneumococcus...

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Autores principales: Chaguza, Chrispin, Cornick, Jennifer E., Everett, Dean B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25904996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2015.03.007