Acquisition of insertion sequences and the GBSi1 intron by Streptococcus agalactiae isolates correlates with the evolution of the species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6248-6252

  Héry Arnaud, Geneviève ^a   Bruant, Guillaume ^a,c   Lanotte, Philippe ^a   Brun, Stella ^a   Rosenau, Agnès ^a   Van Der Mee Marquet, Nathalie ^a,b   Quentin, Roland ^a,b   Mereghetti, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTRON; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 24344500836     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.17.6248-6252.2005     Document Type: Article

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