The intD mobile genetic element from Dichelobacter nodosus, the causative agent of ovine footrot, is associated with the benign phenotype

Anaerobe

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 219-224

  Tanjung, Livia R ^a   Whittle, Gabrielle ^a   Shaw, Bruce E ^a   Bloomfield, Garry A ^a   Katz, Margaret E ^a   Cheetham, Brian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Footrot; Horizontal gene transfer; Mobile element; Pathogenicity; Type IV secretion; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; INTEGRASE A; INTEGRASE B; INTEGRASE C; INTEGRASE D; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE A; PROTEIN CSRA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; DNA INTEGRATION; FOOT ROT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHEEP; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350230131     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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