Genome sequence of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica strain FSC200, isolated from a child with tularemia

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 6965-6966

  Svensson, Kerstin ^a   Sjödin, Andreas ^a   Byström, Mona ^a   Granberg, Malin ^a   Brittnacher, Mitchell J ^b   Rohmer, Laurence ^b   Jacobs, Michael A ^b   Sims Day, Elizabeth H ^b   Levy, Ruth ^b   Zhou, Yang ^b   Hayden, Hillary S ^b   Lim, Regina ^b   Chang, Jean ^b   Guenthener, Donald ^b   Kang, Allison ^b   Haugen, Eric ^b   Gillett, Will ^b   Kaul, Rajinder ^b   Forsman, Mats ^a   Larsson, Pär ^a   Johansson, Anders ^c   more..

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLONE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TULAREMIA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN; TULAREMIA;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. HOLARCTICA;

EID: 84870715294     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01040-12     Document Type: Article

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