Comparative genomics of four closely related Clostridium perfringens bacteriophages reveals variable evolution among core genes with therapeutic potential

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Oakley, Brian B ^a   Talundzic, Eldin ^b   Morales, Cesar A ^a   Hiett, Kelli L ^a   Siragusa, Gregory R ^a,d   Volozhantsev, Nikolay V ^c   Seal, Bruce S ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c STATE RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d Danisco USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOLYSIN ENZYME; HOLIN PROTEIN; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDASE; ENDOLYSIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; TETRA;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 79957644373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-282     Document Type: Article

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