Common evolutionary origin for the unstable virulence plasmid pMUM found in geographically diverse strains of Mycobacterium ulcerans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1668-1676

  Stinear, Timothy P ^a,b   Hong, Hui ^c   Frigui, Wafa ^a   Pryor, Melinda J ^a,b   Brosch, Roland ^a   Garnier, Thierry ^a   Leadlay, Peter F ^c   Cole, Stewart T ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LIPID; MYCOLACTONE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LIPOGENESIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 14244258087     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.5.1668-1676.2005     Document Type: Article

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