Complete genome sequence of Yersinia pestis strain 91001, an isolate avirulent to humans

DNA Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-197

  Song, Yajun ^a   Tong, Zongzhong ^b   Wang, Jin ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Guo, Zhaobiao ^a   Han, Yanpin ^a   Zhang, Jianguo ^b   Pei, Decui ^a   Zhou, Dongsheng ^a   Qin, Haiou ^b   Pang, Xin ^a   Han, Yujun ^b   Zhai, Junhui ^a   Li, Min ^c   Cui, Baizhong ^c   Qi, Zhizhen ^c   Jin, Lixia ^c   Dai, Ruixia ^c   Chen, Feng ^b   Li, Shengting ^b   Ye, Chen ^b   Du, Zongmin ^a   Lin, Wei ^b   Wang, Jun ^b   Yu, Jun ^b   Yang, Huanming ^b   Wang, Jian ^b   Huang, Peitang ^a   Yang, Ruifu ^a   more..

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Qinghai Inst Endemic Dis Prev C   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genome; Pathogenicity; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; YERSINIA PESTIS; BIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOGENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROTUS BRANDTI; MURIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RODENTIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 5444264410     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/11.3.179     Document Type: Article

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