Analysis of the complete genomes of acholeplasma brassicae, A. palmae and A. laidlawii and their comparison to the obligate parasites from 'candidatus phytoplasma'

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-36

  Kube, Michael ^a   Siewert, Christin ^a   Migdoll, Alexander M ^c   Duduk, Bojan ^g   Holz, Sabine ^a   Rabus, Ralf ^d   Seemüller, Erich ^e   Mitrovic, Jelena ^g   Müller, Ines ^b,f   Büttner, Carmen ^a   Reinhardt, Richard ^b,f  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture   (Germany)

^f Max Planck Genome Centre Cologne   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF PESTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acholeplasma brassicae; Acholeplasma palmae; Candidatus phytoplasma; Complete genomes

Indexed keywords

ACHOLEPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOPLASMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACETYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL RNA; DEOXYADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYGUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; FTSZ PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; GALACTURONIC ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; INOSINE PHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVIC ACID; RHAMNOSE; RIBONUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; RNA 23S; RNA 5S; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMA BRASSICAE; ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; ACHOLEPLASMA PALMAE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CODON USAGE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OPERON; PARASITE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYTOPLASMA;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMA BRASSICAE; ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; ACHOLEPLASMA PALMAE; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS;

EID: 84885999990     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: 16602412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354322     Document Type: Article

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