Independent inactivation of arginine decarboxylase genes by nonsense and missense mutations led to pseudogene formation in Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 and D strains

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Giles, Teresa N ^a   Fisher, Derek J ^b   Graham, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ANTIPORTER; ARGININE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; ARGININE:AGMATINE ANTIPORTER PROTEIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GLYCINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYLYASE;

AAXA GENE; AAXB GENE; AAXC GENE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOGENE; SEROTYPE; STOP CODON; TISSUE GROWTH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXY-LYASES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 68249105790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-166     Document Type: Article

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