The complete genome sequence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis IP31758, the Causative agent of Far East scarlet-like fever

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1508-1523

  Eppinger, Mark ^a   Rosovitz, M J ^a   Fricke, Wolfgang Florian ^a   Rasko, David A ^a,d   Kokorina, Galina ^b   Fayolle, Corinne ^b   Lindler, Luther E ^c   Carniel, Elisabeth ^b   Ravel, Jacques ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECOLOGY; FAR EAST; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEGIONELLALES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; SCARLET FEVER; SPECIES COMPARISON; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YERSINIOSIS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LEGIONELLALES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A'; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOTOXINS; PLASMIDS; SCARLET FEVER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERANTIGENS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548449034     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030142     Document Type: Article

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