Some lessons from Rickettsia genomics

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-117

  Renesto, Patricia ^a   Ogata, Hiroyuki ^b   Audic, Stéphane ^b   Claverie, Jean Michel ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a IFR 48 Fac Med Univ M   (France)

^b UPR 2589   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Metabolic pathways; Rickettsia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARRIER PROTEIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY OMPA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY OMPB; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RICKETTSIA VACCINE; SULFANILAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

EID: 11844304195     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.09.002     Document Type: Review

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