Rapid identification of genetic modifications in bacillus anthracis using whole genome draft sequences generated by 454 pyrosequencing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Peter E ^a   Willner, Kristin M ^a   Butani, Amy ^a   Dorsey, Shakia ^a   George, Matroner ^a   Stewart, Andrew ^a   Lentz, Shannon M ^a   Cook, Christopher E ^a   Akmal, Arya ^a   Price, Lance B ^b   Keim, Paul S ^b,c   Mateczun, Alfred ^a   Brahmbhatt, Trupti N ^a   Bishop Lilly, Kimberly A ^a   Zwick, Michael E ^d   Read, Timothy D ^d   Sozhamannan, Shanmuga ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOASSAY; INDEL MUTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; PYROSEQUENCING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE; BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIROLOGY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LABORATORIES; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957866587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012397     Document Type: Article

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