The complete genome sequence of Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-159

  Larsson, Pär ^a   Oyston, Petra C F ^b   Chain, Patrick ^c   Chu, May C ^d   Duffield, Melanie ^b   Fuxelius, Hans Henrik ^e   Garcia, Emilio ^c   Hälltorp, Greger ^e   Johansson, Daniel ^a   Isherwood, Karen E ^b   Karp, Peter D ^f   Larsson, Eva ^a   Liu, Ying ^g   Michell, Stephen ^b   Prior, Joann ^b   Prior, Richard ^b   Malfatti, Stephanie ^c   Sjöstedt, Anders ^h   Svensson, Kerstin ^a   Thompson, Nick ⁱ   Vergez, Lisa ^c   Wagg, Jonathan K ^f   Wren, Brendan W ^j   Lindler, Luther E ^g   Andersson, Siv G E ^e   Forsman, Mats ^a   Titball, Richard W ^b,j   more..

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; IRON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; TRANSPOSON; TULAREMIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; PROKARYOTA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 13944273799     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1499     Document Type: Article

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