Yersinia pestis evolution on a small timescale: Comparison of whole genome sequences from North America

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Auerbach, Raymond K ^a,b   Tuanyok, Apichai ^a   Probert, William S ^d   Kenefic, Leo ^a   Vogler, Amy J ^a   Bruce, David C ^c   Munk, Christine ^c   Brettin, Thomas S ^c   Eppinger, Mark ^f   Ravel, Jacques ^f   Wagner, David M ^a   Keim, Paul ^a,e  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PLAGUE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PLAGUE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 40749162722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000770     Document Type: Article

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