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

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Baumler AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC107151 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature