Reshuffling of Rhs components to create a new element.
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SUBMITTER: Zhao S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC176749 | biostudies-other | 1995 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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Reshuffling of Rhs components to create a new element.
Journal of bacteriology 19950301 5
RhsF has been identified as the fourth member of the RhsABCF subfamily of genetic elements. This new element is found in Escherichia coli ECOR-50 and several other strains but not in strain K-12. A novel feature of RhsF is that it represents a new arrangement of components previously uniquely associated with RhsA and RhsC of strain K-12. ...[more]
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