Distribution of the putative type VI secretion system core genes in Klebsiella spp.

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Sarris, Panagiotis F ^a,b   Zoumadakis, Chris ^b   Panopoulos, Nickolas J ^b,c   Scoulica, Effie V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial secretion systems; ClpV B; IcmF; Klebsiella; Phylogeny; VgrG; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CLPB; PROTEIN ICMF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE GLYCINE REPEAT G PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA VARIICOLA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE ROOT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM;

GENES, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA VARIICOLA; YERSINIA;

EID: 78650215467     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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