Researchers Produce Campylobacter Genome Map
November 27, 2013| |
A study conducted by the United Kingdom's Institute of Food Research (IFR) has produced a new map of the Campylobacter genome, showing the points where all of this pathogenic bacteria's genes are turned on. Using a high-throughput sequencing technique, Dr. Ida Porcelli and colleagues at the IFR produced an invaluable resource for Campylobacter researchers across the world. The map will allow for a better understanding of how Campylobacter controls its gene expression in response to different environments, and a better idea of how this important pathogen has evolved and adapted to become such a problem in the food chain.
The results of the study are available in a paper published online by BMC Genomics. Read the abstract at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/616/abstract. For more details, read the IFR news release at: http://news.ifr.ac.uk/2013/11/new-chromosome-map-points-the-way-through-campylobacters-genetic-controls/.
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