Genome differences between Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum strain Nichols and T. paraluiscuniculi strain Cuniculi A

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5859-5866

  Strouhal, Michal ^a   Šmajs, David ^a,b   Matějková, Petra ^a,b   Sodergren, Erica ^b   Amin, Anita G ^b   Howell, Jerrilyn K ^c   Norris, Steven J ^c   Weinstock, George M ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PARALUISCUNICULI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 36749002083     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00709-07     Document Type: Article

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