A genomic survey of positive selection in Burkholderia pseudomallei provides insights into the evolution of accidental virulence

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Nandi, Tannistha ^a   Ong, Catherine ^b   Singh, Arvind Pratap ^a   Boddey, Justin ^c   Atkins, Timothy ^d   Sarkar Tyson, Mitali ^d   Essex Lopresti, Angela E ^d   Chua, Hui Hoon ^a   Pearson, Talima ^e   Kreisberg, Jason F ^a   Nilsson, Christina ^a   Ariyaratne, Pramila ^a   Ronning, Catherine ^f   Losada, Liliana ^f   Ruan, Yijun ^a   Sung, Wing Kin ^a   Woods, Donald ^g   Titball, Richard W ^d,h   Beacham, Ifor ^c   Peak, Ian ^c   Keim, Paul ^e   Nierman, William C ^f   Tan, Patrick ^a,i   more..

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING SITE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954044098     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000845     Document Type: Article

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