Long simple sequence repeats in host-adapted pathogens localize near genes encoding antigens, housekeeping genes, and pseudogenes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-509

  Guo, Xiangxue ^a   Mrázek, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Contingency loci; Genome reduction; Pathogen evolution; Phase variation; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ANTIGEN; CHAPERONE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LAWSONIA; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; MARKOV CHAINS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOPLASMA; PSEUDOGENES; XANTHOMONAS;

MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 55949130302     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9166-5     Document Type: Article

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