Sequence of Leptospira santarosai serovar Shermani genome and prediction of virulence-associated genes

Gene

Volumn 511, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 364-370

  Chou, Li Fang ^a   Chen, Yu Tin ^b   Lu, Chia Wei ^b   Ko, Yi Ching ^a   Tang, Chuan Yi ^c   Pan, Ming Jeng ^d   Tian, Ya Chung ^a   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^e   Hung, Cheng Chieh ^a   Yang, Chih Wei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Genome; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Lipoproteins; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; GENOMIC DNA; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOGENESIS; CODING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI SEROVAR SHERMANI; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SPIROCHETE;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LEPTOSPIRA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI SEROVAR SHERMANI;

EID: 84868192681     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.09.074     Document Type: Article

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