Comparative characterization of the virulence gene clusters (lipooligosaccharide [LOS] and capsular polysaccharide [CPS]) for Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni and related Campylobacter species

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 200-213

  Richards, Vincent P ^a   Lefébure, Tristan ^a   Pavinski Bitar, Paulina D ^a   Stanhope, Michael J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Capsular polysaccharide; Genomics; Lateral gene transfer; Lipooligosaccharide; Virulence gene clusters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER UPSALIENSIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CHICKENS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SWINE; TURKEYS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84873187463     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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