Generation of Genic Diversity among Streptococcus pneumoniae Strains via Horizontal Gene Transfer during a Chronic Polyclonal Pediatric Infection

PLOS Pathogens

Benjamin Janto¹  Karen Barbadora¹  Garth D. Ehrlich¹  Azad Ahmed¹  Rangarajan Sampath¹  Evan Powell¹  N. Luisa Hiller¹  Robert J. Boissy¹  Shaun Lonergan¹  Justin Hogg¹  Josh Earl¹  Rory Eutsey¹  Fen Z. Hu¹  J. Christopher Post¹  Darren P. Martin¹ 

关键词: Pneumococcus;    DNA recombination;    Horizontal gene transfer;    Sequence analysis;    Sequence alignment;    Genetic loci;    Genome analysis;    Respiratory infections;   

DOI  :  10.1371/journal.ppat.1001108

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Public Library of Science

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