Evidence that the cytolethal distending toxin locus was once part of a genomic island in the periodontal pathogen Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans strain Y4

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1519-1527

  Doungudomdacha, Sombhun ^a,b   Volgina, Alla ^a   DiRienzo, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOMIC ISLAND; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS SOMNUS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 36448971551     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47273-0     Document Type: Article

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