Genome sequence of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague

Nature

Volumn 413, Issue 6855, 2001, Pages 523-527

  Parkhill, J ^a   Wren, B W ^b   Thomson, N R ^a   Titball, R W ^c   Holden, M T G ^a   Prentice, M B ^d   Sebaihia, M ^a   James, K D ^a   Churcher, C ^a   Mungall, K L ^a   Baker, S ^a   Basham, D ^a   Bentley, S D ^a   Brooks, K ^a   Cerdeo Tarraga A M ^a   Chillingworth, T ^a   Cronin, A ^a   Davies, R M ^a   Davis, P ^a   Dougan, G ^e   Feltwell, T ^a   Hamlin, N ^a   Holroyd, S ^a   Jagels, K ^a   Karlyshev, A V ^b   Leather, S ^a   Moule, S ^a   Oyston, P C F ^c   Quail, M ^a   Rutherford, K ^a   Simmonds, M ^a   Skelton, J ^a   Stevens, K ^a   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 DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENES;

GENOME SEQUENCE;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

GENOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INSECTS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLAGUE; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035807385     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35097083     Document Type: Article

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