The genome sequence of the food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni reveals hypervariable sequences

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6770, 2000, Pages 665-668

  Parkhill, J ^a   Wren, B W ^b   Mungall, K ^a   Ketley, J M ^c   Churcher, C ^a   Basham, D ^a   Chillingworth, T ^a   Davies, R M ^a   Feltwell, T ^a   Holroyd, S ^a   Jagels, K ^a   Karlyshev, A V ^b   Moule, S ^a   Pallen, M J ^d   Penn, C W ^e   Quail, M A ^a   Rajandream, M A ^a   Rutherford, K M ^a   Van Vliet, A H M ^f   Whitehead, S ^a   Barrell, B G ^a   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DIARRHEA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHEMOTAXIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0034628526     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35001088     Document Type: Article

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