Helicobacter Pylori's plasticity zones are novel transposable elements.

BACKGROUND:Genes present in only certain strains of a bacterial species can strongly affect cellular phenotypes and evolutionary potentials. One segment that seemed particularly rich in strain-specific genes was found by comparing the first two sequenced Helicobacter pylori genomes (strains 26695 an...

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Main Authors: Dangeruta Kersulyte, Wookon Lee, Dharmalingam Subramaniam, Shrikant Anant, Phabiola Herrera, Lilia Cabrera, Jacqueline Balqui, Orsolya Barabas, Awdhesh Kalia, Robert H Gilman, Douglas E Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2731543?pdf=render