Brucella genomics as we enter the multi-genome era

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 334-341

  O'Callaghan, David ^a   Whatmore, Adrian M ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brucella; Genome sequence; Genomics; Virulence; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA CETI; BRUCELLA INOPINATA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MICROTI; BRUCELLA NEOTOMAE; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLA PINNIPEDIALIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLACEAE; BRUCELLOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; GENOMICS; GENUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRUCELLA;

EID: 84555187725     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elr026     Document Type: Article

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