The genome of Brucella melitensis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 587-592

  DelVecchio, Vito G ^a   Kapatral, Vinayak ^b   Elzer, Philip ^c   Patra, Guy ^a   Mujer, Cesar V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b Integrated Genomics Inc   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucella melitensis; Genomics

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADHESIN; CARDIOLIPIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME O; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX; ERYTHRITOL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROL KINASE; GLYCOGEN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; INVASIN; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROTEIN CLPA; PROTEIN CLPB; PROTEIN DNAJ; PROTEIN DNAK; PROTEIN GROEL; PROTEIN GROES; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RIBOSOME RNA; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 0037146620     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00238-9     Document Type: Article

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