The pgm locus and pigmentation phenotype in Yersinia pestis

The pigmentation (pgm) locus is a large unstable area of the Yersinia pestis chromosome composed of a segment of iron acquisition (HPI) linked to a pigmentation segment. In this work we examined the mobility of HPI and the pigmentation segment in three Y. pestis isolates using successive subcultures...

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Main Authors: Tereza Cristina Leal-Balbino, Nilma Cintra Leal, Mirna Gisele Medeiros do Nascimento, Maria Betânia Melo de Oliveira, Valdir de Queiroz Balbino, Alzira Maria Paiva de Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2006-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
pgm
psn
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572006000100024