Reductive evolution in Streptococcus agalactiae and the emergence of a host adapted lineage

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rosinski Chupin, Isabelle ^a,b   Sauvage, Elisabeth ^a,b   Mairey, Barbara ^c   Mangenot, Sophie ^c   Ma, Laurence ^d   Da Cunha, Violette ^a,b   Rusniok, Christophe ^b,d   Bouchier, Christiane ^d   Barbe, Valérie ^c   Glaser, Philippe ^a,b  

^a Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram Positif   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Gene inactivation; Host adaptation; Non homologous recombination; Streptococcus agalactiae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84876101358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-252     Document Type: Article

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