Molecular evolution of the nicotinic acid requirement within the Shigella/EIEC pathotype

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 651-661

  Di Martino, Maria Letizia ^a   Fioravanti, Rosa ^a   Barbabella, Giada ^a   Prosseda, Gianni ^b   Colonna, Bianca ^b   Casalino, Mariassunta ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution; NAD biosynthesis; Pathoadaptive mutations; Pathogenic E. coli; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE OXIDASE; ENZYME; NICOTINIC ACID; QUINOLINATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE A GENE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE B GENE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EVOLUTION; NAD BIOSYNTHESIS; PATHOADAPTIVE MUTATIONS; PATHOGENIC E. COLI; SHIGELLA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIACIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84887618724     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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