Genetic organisation, mobility and predicted functions of genes on integrated, mobile genetic elements in sequenced strains of clostridium difficile

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Brouwer, Michael S M ^a   Warburton, Philip J ^a   Roberts, Adam P ^a   Mullany, Peter ^a   Allan, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD37 ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; RECOMBINASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIRCULAR DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 80051832374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023014     Document Type: Article

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