Origin of the diversity in DNA recognition domains in phasevarion associated modA genes of pathogenic Neisseria and Haemophilus influenzae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Gawthorne, Jayde A ^a,b   Beatson, Scott A ^b   Srikhanta, Yogitha N ^a   Fox, Kate L ^b   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOGNITION DOMAIN; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER ACINONYCHIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS JENSENII; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MODA GENE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MOSAICISM; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULON; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; VIRUS GENE; ALLELE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858780445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032337     Document Type: Article

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