Mosaic structure of the smpB-nrdE intergenic region of Salmonella enterica.

J Bacteriol

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-1114, USA.

Published: April 1998

The Salmonella enterica smpB-nrdE intergenic region contains about 45 kb of DNA that is not present in Escherichia coli. This DNA region was not introduced by a single horizontal transfer event, but was generated by multiple insertions and/or deletions that gave rise to a mosaic structure in this area of the chromosome.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.180.8.2220-2223.1998DOI Listing

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