Genome sequencing reveals widespread virulence gene exchange among human Neisseria species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Marri, Pradeep Reddy ^a   Paniscus, Mary ^a   Weyand, Nathan J ^a,b   Rendón, María A ^a,b   Calton, Christine M ^a,b,c   Hernández, Diana R ^a,b   Higashi, Dustin L ^a,b   Sodergren, Erica ^d   Weinstock, George M ^d   Rounsley, Steven D ^a   So, Magdalene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENERGY REGULATOR; HEMOLYSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A PROTEASE; LACTOFERRIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PILIN; POLYSACCHARIDE TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN DSBB; PROTEIN DSBC; PROTEIN OPA; PROTEIN PARA; PROTEIN PILC; PROTEIN PILD; PROTEIN PILE; PROTEIN PILF; PROTEIN PILS; PROTEIN PILT; PROTEIN TOPB; PROTEINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; COMMENSAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRAGENIC GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NEISSERIA FLAVESCENS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

NEISSERIA;

GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77955644270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011835     Document Type: Article

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