Pseudogene accumulation might promote the adaptive microevolution of Yersinia pestis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-268

  Tong, Zongzhong ^a,b   Zhou, Dongsheng ^a   Song, Yajun ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Pei, Decui ^a   Han, Yanping ^a   Pang, Xin ^a   Li, Min ^c   Cui, Baizhong ^c   Wang, Jin ^a   Guo, Zhaobiao ^a   Qi, Zhizhen ^c   Jin, Lixia ^c   Zhai, Junhui ^a   Du, Zongmin ^a   Wang, Jun ^b   Wang, Xiaoyi ^a   Yu, Jun ^b   Wang, Jian ^b   Huang, Peitang ^a   Yang, Huanming ^b   Yang, Ruifu ^a   more..

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Plague Prevention and Control Department Qinghai Institute for Endemic Diseases Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SCREENING; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EVOLUTION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLAGUE; PSEUDOGENES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 20044368428     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45752-0     Document Type: Article

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