Comparative genome analysis of Vibrio vulnificus, a marine pathogen

Genome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2577-2587

  Chen, Chung Yung ^a   Wu, Keh Ming ^a   Chang, Yo Cheng ^b   Chang, Chuan Hsiung ^c   Tsai, Hui Chi ^a   Liao, Tsai Lien ^a   Liu, Yen Ming ^a   Chen, Hsiang Ju ^a   Shen, Arthur Bo Ting ^c   Li, Jian Chiuan ^a   Su, Teh Li ^a   Shao, Chung Ping ^d   Lee, Chung Te ^d   Hor, Lien I ^d   Tsai, Shih Feng ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IRON METABOLISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TOR; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 10744231052     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.1295503     Document Type: Article

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