Effector variation at tandem gene arrays in tissue-dwelling coccidia: who needs antigenic variation anyway?
We describe current tools used for the identification and characterization of these loci, and review the most recent examples of how gene-expansion driven diversification can lead to novel gene functions.
PMID: 30317151 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Opinion in Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Blank ML, Boyle JP Tags: Curr Opin Microbiol Source Type: research