Simple sequence repeats and genome plasticity in Streptococcus agalactiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3990-4000

  Janulczyk, Robert ^a   Masignani, Vega ^a   Maione, Domenico ^a   Tettelin, Hervé ^b,c   Grandi, Guido ^a   Telford, John L ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; SORTASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM PILUS; BASE MISPAIRING; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 77955290033     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01465-09     Document Type: Article

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