Run-off replication of host-adaptability genes is associated with gene transfer agents in the genome of mouse-infecting Bartonella grahamii

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Berglund, Eva C ^a   Frank, A Carolin ^a,c   Calteau, Alexandra ^a,d   Pettersson, Olga Vinnere ^a,e   Granberg, Fredrik ^a   Eriksson, Ann Sofie ^a   Näslund, Kristina ^a   Holmberg, Martin ^b   Lindroos, Hillevi ^a   Andersson, Siv G E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Genoscope   (France)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE NUMBER; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMICS; HOST; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RODENT; SPECIES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 68249086310     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000546     Document Type: Article

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