Resequencing of Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum Strains Nichols and SS14: Correction of Sequencing Errors Resulted in Increased Separation of Syphilis Treponeme Subclusters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Pětrošová, Helena ^a   Pospíšilová, Petra ^a   Strouhal, Michal ^a,c   Čejková, Darina ^a,b,c   Zobaníková, Marie ^a   Mikalová, Lenka ^a,c   Sodergren, Erica ^b,c   Weinstock, George M ^b,c   Šmajs, David ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; ILLUMINA SEQUENCING; INDEL MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PYROSEQUENCING; SYPHILIS; TPRD GENE; TPRK GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84883829562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074319     Document Type: Article

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