Evolution of simple sequence repeat-mediated phase variation in bacterial genomes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1267, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-44

  Bayliss, Christopher D ^a   Palmer, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Pathogen; Phase variation; Simple sequence repeat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865981114     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06584.x     Document Type: Article

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