Distinct signatures of diversifying selection revealed by genome analysis of respiratory tract and invasive bacterial populations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5039-5044

  Shea, Patrick R ^a   Beres, Stephen B ^a   Flores, Anthony R ^a,b   Ewbank, Amy L ^a   Gonzalez Lugo, Javier H ^a   Martagon Rosado, Alexandro J ^a   Martinez Gutierrez, Juan C ^a   Rehman, Hina A ^a   Serrano Gonzalez, Monica ^a   Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^a   Ayers, Stephen D ^a   Webb, Paul ^a   Willey, Barbara M ^c   Low, Donald E ^c   Musser, James M ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genomics; Infectious disease; Microevolution; Pathogenomics; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PRIMATES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 79953215303     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016282108     Document Type: Article

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