Mutators and long-term molecular evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7

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Whittam, TS [1 ]
Reid, SD [1 ]
Selander, RK [1 ]
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[1] Penn State Univ, Inst Mol Evolutionary Genet, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
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10.3201/eid0404.980411
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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It has been proposed that an increased mutation rate (indicated by the frequency of hypermutable isolates) has facilitated the emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Analysis of the divergence of 12 genes shows no evidence that the pathogen has undergone an unusually high rate of mutation and molecular evolution.
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