Re-sequencing of a virulent strain of Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168 reveals potential virulence factors

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-11

  Cooper, Kerry K ^a   Cooper, Margarethe A ^a,b   Zuccolo, Andrea ^a,c   Joens, Lynn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Istituto di Genomica Applicata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Genome sequencing; NCTC11168; SNPs; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOGENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SWINE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 84871714623     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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