A Gene Transfer Agent and a Dynamic Repertoire of Secretion Systems Hold the Keys to the Explosive Radiation of the Emerging Pathogen Bartonella

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Guy, Lionel ^a   Nystedt, Björn ^a   Toft, Christina ^a,b   Zaremba Niedzwiedzka, Katarzyna ^a   Berglund, Eva C ^a,c   Granberg, Fredrik ^a,d   Näslund, Kristina ^a   Eriksson, Ann Sofie ^a   Andersson, Siv G E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHOLERA LIKE TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CAT; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOG; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOSS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; KANGAROO; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRB GENE;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CATS; DOGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPODIDAE; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84875987691     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003393     Document Type: Article

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