Bacteriophage functional genomics and its role in bacterial pathogen detection

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-365

  Klumpp, Jochen ^a   Fouts, Derrick E ^b   Sozhamannan, Shanmuga ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Goldbelt Raven LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Genome annotation pathogen detection; Next generation dna sequencing; Prophage identification; Reporter phage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DNA PACKAGING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LIFE CYCLE; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS PARTICLE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTIMICROBIALS; GENOME ANNOTATION PATHOGEN DETECTION; NEXT-GENERATION DNA SEQUENCING; PROPHAGE IDENTIFICATION; REPORTER PHAGE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING;

EID: 84882654281     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elt009     Document Type: Article

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