Phylogenomics reveals a diverse Rickettsiales type IV secretion system

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1809-1823

  Gillespie, Joseph J ^a,b   Brayton, Kelly A ^c   Williams, Kelly P ^a   Quevedo Diaz, Marco A ^b,d   Brown, Wendy C ^c   Azad, Abdu F ^b   Sobral, Bruno W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST CELL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIALES; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIACEAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77951243484     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01384-09     Document Type: Short Survey

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