Homologous recombination drives both sequence diversity and gene content variation in Neisseria meningitidis

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1611-1627

  Kong, Ying ^a   Ma, Jennifer H ^b   Warren, Keisha ^b,c   Tsang, Raymond S W ^d   Low, Donald E ^b,c,e   Jamieson, Frances B ^b,c,e   Alexander, David C ^b,c,e   Hao, Weilong ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clonal complex; Homologous recombination; Horizontal gene transfer; MLST; Nonvertical gene; Restriction modification systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84892548792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt116     Document Type: Article

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