On the origin and function of an insertion element VPaI-1 specific to post-1995 pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Nishioka, Tasuku ^a   Kamruzzaman, Muhammad ^b   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^b   Satta, Yoko ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold adaptation; Genomic islands; Pandemic strains; Swarming; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CMCP6 GENE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOMIC ISLAND; MR 7 GENE; NONHUMAN; SHEWANELLA; SYNTENY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VPA1 1 GENE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; SHEWANELLA; SYNTENY; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA SP. MR-7; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 45749108325     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.83.101     Document Type: Article

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