Genome sequence of the endosymbiont Rickettsia peacockii and comparison with virulent Rickettsia rickettsii: Identification of virulence factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Felsheim, Roderick F ^a   Kurtti, Timothy J ^a   Munderloh, Ulrike G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DSBA PROTEIN; ETHANOLAMINE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN RICKA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SPECIES COMPARISON; SYNTENY; TRANSPOSON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STOP CODON; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS CARDINIUM; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IXODIDA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PEACOCKII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DELETION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77749255173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008361     Document Type: Article

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