Evolution of a Pathogen: A Comparative Genomics Analysis Identifies a Genetic Pathway to Pathogenesis in Acinetobacter

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sahl, Jason W ^a   Gillece, John D ^a   Schupp, James M ^a   Waddell, Victor G ^b   Driebe, Elizabeth M ^a   Engelthaler, David M ^a   Keim, Paul ^a,c  

^a TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLADISTICS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS;

EID: 84872876043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054287     Document Type: Article

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