Partial chromosome sequence of Spiroplasma citri reveals extensive viral invasion and important gene decay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3420-3426

  Carle, Patricia ^a,b   Saillard, Colette ^a,b   Carrère, Nathalie ^a,b,d   Carrère, Sébastien ^c   Duret, Sybille ^a,b   Eveillard, Sandrine ^a,b   Gaurivaud, Patrice ^a,b,e   Gourgues, Géraldine ^a,b   Gouzy, Jérome ^c   Salar, Pascal ^a,b   Verdin, Eric ^a,b,f   Breton, Marc ^a,b   Blanchard, Alain ^a,b   Laigret, Frédéric ^c   Bové, Joseph Marie ^a,b   Renaudin, Joel ^a,b   Foissac, Xavier ^a,b  

^a Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^f INRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE ENCODING; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; VIRUSES;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; TRANS-MEMBRANE DOMAINS;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INOVIRIDAE; PLECTROVIRUS; SPIROPLASMA CITRI;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; SPIROPLASMA CITRI; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPIROPLASMA CITRI; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 77953032143     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02954-09     Document Type: Article

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