Localized Reversible Frameshift Mutation in the flhA Gene Confers Phase Variability to Flagellin Gene Expression in Campylobacter coli

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Abstract
Phase variation of flagellin gene expression in Campylobacter coli UA585 was correlated with high-frequency, reversible insertion and deletion frameshift mutations in a short homopolymeric tract of thymine residues located in the N-terminal coding region of the flhA gene. Mutation-based phase variation inflhA may generate functional diversity in the host and environment.