Whole Genome Analysis of Leptospira licerasiae Provides Insight into Leptospiral Evolution and Pathogenicity

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ricaldi, Jessica N ^a,b   Fouts, Derrick E ^c   Selengut, Jeremy D ^c   Harkins, Derek M ^c   Patra, Kailash P ^b   Moreno, Angelo ^b   Lehmann, Jason S ^b   Purushe, Janaki ^c   Sanka, Ravi ^c   Torres, Michael ^d   Webster, Nicholas J ^b   Vinetz, Joseph M ^a,b,d   Matthias, Michael A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; COBALAMIN; O ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA LICERASIAE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHAGE; RIBOSWITCH; SAPROTROPH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84869044018     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001853     Document Type: Article

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