Genetic variation and evolution of the pathogenicity island of Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3392-3402

  McBride, Shonna M ^a   Coburn, Phillip S ^b   Baghdayan, Arto S ^b   Willems, Rob J L ^c   Grande, Maria J ^a,d   Shankar, Nathan ^b   Gilmore, Michael S ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENOMIC ISLAND; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 65549129578     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00031-09     Document Type: Article

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