Major structural differences and novel potential virulence mechanisms from the genomes of multiple campylobacter species

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Fouts, Derrick E ^a   Mongodin, Emmanuel F ^a   Mandrell, Robert E ^b   Miller, William G ^b   Rasko, David A ^a   Ravel, Jacques ^a   Brinkac, Lauren M ^a   Deboy, Robert T ^a   Parker, Craig T ^b   Daugherty, Sean C ^a   Dodson, Robert J ^a   Scott Durkin, A ^a   Madupu, Ramana ^a   Sullivan, Steven A ^a   Shetty, Jyoti U ^a   Ayodeji, Mobolanle A ^a   Shvartsbeyn, Alla ^a   Schatz, Michael C ^a   Badger, Jonathan H ^a   Fraser, Claire M ^a   Nelson, Karen E ^a   more..

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CAMPYLOBACTER UPSALIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CAMPYLOBACTER UPSALIENSIS; CHARADRII;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 20044387762     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030015     Document Type: Article

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