Genomic evidence for the evolution of Streptococcus equi host restriction, increased virulence, and genetic exchange with human pathogens

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Holden, Matthew T G ^a   Heather, Zoe ^a   Paillot, Romain ^b   Steward, Karen F ^b   Webb, Katy ^b   Ainslie, Fern ^b   Jourdan, Thibaud ^b   Bason, Nathalie C ^a   Holroyd, Nancy E ^a   Mungall, Karen ^a   Quail, Michael A ^a   Sanders, Mandy ^a   Simmonds, Mark ^a   Willey, David ^a   Brooks, Karen ^a   Aanensen, David M ^c   Spratt, Brian G ^c   Jolley, Keith A ^d   Maiden, Martin C J ^d   Kehoe, Michael ^e   Chanter, Neil ^b   Bentley, Stephen D ^a   Robinson, Carl ^b   Maskell, Duncan J ^f   Parkhill, Julian ^a   Waller, Andrew S ^b   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; STRANGLES; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME; HORSES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 63449097053     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000346     Document Type: Article

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