title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-1114, USA. abaumler@tamu.edu
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bäumler
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heffron
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D007438:Introns; D009030:Mosaicism; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial