Global genome analysis of the shikimic acid pathway reveals greater gene loss in host-associated than in free-living bacteria

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Zucko, Jurica ^a,b   Dunlap, Walter C ^c   Shick, J Malcolm ^d   Cullum, John ^a   Cercelet, François ^e,f   Amin, Bijal ^e   Hammen, Lena ^e,g   Lau, Timothy ^e   Williams, Jamal ^e   Hranueli, Daslav ^b   Long, Paul F ^e  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f 930 Route des Colles ^*  (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIKIMIC ACID; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMMENSAL; GENE LOSS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYMBIOSIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROBABILITY; PROKARYOTIC CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA; PROKARYOTA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MARKOV CHAINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIKIMIC ACID; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 78149324186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-628     Document Type: Article

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