Phylogenetic evidence for extensive horizontal gene transfer of type III secretion system genes among enterobacterial plant pathogens

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3187-3199

  Naum, Marianna ^a,b   Brown, Eric W ^b   Mason Gamer, Roberta J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA; PECTOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRENNERIA; DICKEYA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; PANTOEA; PECTOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 71049129377     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.029892-0     Document Type: Article

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