Single-cell sequencing provides clues about the host interactions of segmented filamentous bacteria (SFB)

Genome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1107-1119

  Pamp, Sünje J ^a   Harrington, Eoghan D ^a   Quake, Stephen R ^a,b   Relman, David A ^a,c,d   Blainey, Paul C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; DYNAMIN; MYOSIN CROSS REACTIVE ANTIGEN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEGMENTED FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; SYMBIONT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; INTESTINES; MICE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS; CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS SP. SFB-MOUSE; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84861895026     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.131482.111     Document Type: Article

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