Multilocus sequence typing and rtxA toxin gene sequencing analysis of kingella kingae isolates demonstrates genetic diversity and international clones

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Basmaci, Romain ^a,b   Yagupsky, Pablo ^c   Ilharreborde, Brice ^a,b   Guyot, Kathleen ^a   Porat, Nurith ^c   Chomton, Marilyn ^a,b   Thiberge, Jean Michel ^d   Mazda, Keyvan ^a,b   Bingen, Edouard ^a,b   Bonacorsi, Stéphane ^a,b   Bidet, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE KINASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; RECA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ABCZ GENE; ADK GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CLONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CPN60 GENE; GDH GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; JUVENILE ANIMAL; KINGELLA KINGAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; RECA GENE; RTXA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; KINGELLA KINGAE; RATTUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONE CELLS; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; KINGELLA KINGAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RATS;

EID: 84861712498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038078     Document Type: Article

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