Identification and characterization of novel Salmonella mobile elements involved in the dissemination of genes linked to virulence and transmission

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Moreno Switt, Andrea I ^a   den Bakker, Henk C ^a   Cummings, Craig A ^b   Rodriguez Rivera, Lorraine D ^a   Govoni, Gregory ^b,c   Raneiri, Matthew L ^a   Degoricija, Lovorka ^b   Brown, Stephanie ^a   Hoelzer, Karin ^a   Peters, Joseph E ^a   Bolchacova, Elena ^b   Furtado, Manohar R ^b   Wiedmann, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Life Technologies Corporation   (United States)

^c AvidBiotics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOMIC ISLAND; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST RANGE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; REPLICON; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR MONTEVIDEO;

EID: 84864091733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041247     Document Type: Article

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