Virulence Searcher: A tool for searching raw genome sequences from bacterial genomes for putative virulence factors

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 770-772

  Underwood, Anthony P ^a   Mulder, A ^a   Gharbia, S ^a   Green, J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA sequences; Genome sequences; Online tool; Sequence data; Virulence genes; Virulence Searcher

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DATABASE; INTERNET; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 23844528745     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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