SOLiD sequencing of four Vibrio vulnificus genomes enables comparative genomic analysis and identification of candidate clade-specific virulence genes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gulig, Paul A ^a   Crécy Lagard, Valérie de ^a   Wright, Anita C ^b   Walts, Brandon ^a   Telonis Scott, Marina ^a,c   McIntyre, Lauren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLP; PROTEIN GGDEF; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOTYPE; CATABOLISM; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GENOMIC ISLAND; GENOMIC ISLAND XII; GENOTYPE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; STANDARD; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MICE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77956907264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-512     Document Type: Article

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