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. 2006 Feb 17;2(2):e21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020021

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© 2006 Dunning Hotopp.

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Anaplasma spp. and Ehrlichia spp. share conserved gene order (synteny) across their chromosomes. E. ruminantium and E. chaffeensis have a single symmetrical inversion near two duplicate Rho termination factors (approximate positions shown in pink). Genomic rearrangements between these Rho termination factors are also apparent in A. marginale (pink). In addition to the synteny breaks near the Rho termination factors, A. marginale has rearrangements located near the msp2- and msp3- expression locus and pseudogenes (approximate positions shown in light blue). Likewise, in A. phagocytophilum, numerous changes in genome arrangement are located near the homologous p44 expression locus and silent genes (approximate positions shown in lavender).