Is the pan-genome also a pan-selectome?
The comparative genomics of prokaryotes has shown the presence of conserved regions containing highly similar genes (the 'core genome') and other regions that vary in gene content (the ‘flexible’ regions). A significant part of the latter is involved in surface structures that are phage re...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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F1000Research
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782348/ |