Excision dynamics of <it>Vibrio </it>pathogenicity island-2 from <it>Vibrio cholerae: </it>role of a recombination directionality factor VefA

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Vibrio </it>Pathogenicity Island-2 (VPI-2) is a 57 kb region present in choleragenic <it>V. cholerae </it>isolates that is required for growth on sialic acid as a sole carbon source. <it>V. cholerae...

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Main Authors: Napolitano Michael G, Almagro-Moreno Salvador, Boyd E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/306