Comparative genomics: the bacterial pan-genome

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 472-477

  Tettelin, Hervé ^a   Riley, David ^a   Cattuto, Ciro ^b   Medini, Duccio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^c NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

BACTERIA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; SYNTENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 55049125445     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.09.006     Document Type: Review

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