Comparison of the complete genome sequence of two closely related isolates of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense' reveals genome plasticity

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Andersen, Mark T ^a   Liefting, Lia W ^b,c   Havukkala, Ilkka ^b,d   Beever, Ross E ^e  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b AgriGenesis Biosciences   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^d Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genome sequence; Phytoplasma; Plasticity; Potential mobile unit (PMU); Rearrangement; Synteny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNAB GENE; DNAC GENE; DNAG GENE; EXCISION REPAIR; FLIA GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LTRA GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMA AUSTRALIENSE; PRFA GENE; RETROPOSON; RPLI GENE; RPOA GENE; RPOB GENE; RPOC GENE; RPOD GENE; SIGA GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TMK A GENE; TMK B GENE; TMK GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRAGARIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES;

CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA AUSTRALIENSE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PAA; PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS;

EID: 84880888580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-529     Document Type: Article

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