Where does Neisseria acquire foreign DNA from: An examination of the source of genomic and pathogenic islands and the evolution of the Neisseria genus

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Putonti, Catherine ^a   Nowicki, Bogdan ^b   Shaffer, Michael ^a   Fofanov, Yuriy ^c,d   Nowicki, Stella ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Neisseria; Pathogen host DNA transfer; Pathogenicity islands

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOMICS; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84883267833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-184     Document Type: Article

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