Comparative genomics of Gardnerella vaginalis strains reveals substantial differences in metabolic and virulence potential

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Yeoman, Carl J ^a   Yildirim, Suleyman ^a   Thomas, Susan M ^a   Durkin, A Scott ^b   Torralba, Manolito ^b   Sutton, Granger ^b   Buhay, Christian J ^c   Ding, Yan ^c   Dugan Rocha, Shannon P ^c   Muzny, Donna M ^c   Qin, Xiang ^c   Gibbs, Richard A ^c   Leigh, Steven R ^a   Stumpf, Rebecca ^a   White, Bryan A ^a   Highlander, Sarah K ^c   Nelson, Karen E ^b   Wilson, Brenda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; LYSOZYME; MUCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE NUMBER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; VAGINA; VAGINITIS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77957925709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012411     Document Type: Article

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