Extensive variation in the ddl gene of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae results from a hitchhiking effect driven by the penicillin-binding protein 2b gene

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1687-1695

  Enright, Mark C ^a   Spratt, Brian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Genetic transformation; Hitchhiking; Interspecies recombination; Mosaic genes; Recombinational replacement sizes

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032729840     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026082     Document Type: Article

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