Comparative analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae genomes identifies a phospholipase D family protein as a novel virulence factor

BMC Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lery, Letícia M S ^a,b,h   Frangeul, Lionel ^a   Tomas, Anna ^c,d   Passet, Virginie ^a,e   Almeida, Ana S ^a,b,i   Bialek Davenet, Suzanne ^a,e   Barbe, Valérie ^f   Bengoechea, José A ^c,d,j   Sansonetti, Philippe ^a,b,g   Brisse, Sylvain ^a,e   Tournebize, Régis ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Laboratory Microbial Pathogenesis   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f DIF   (France)

^g Chaire de Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses   (France)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

ⁱ Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses Collège de France ^*  (United States)

^j QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Bacterial pathogenesis; Genome sequencing; Host microbe interactions; Lipid metabolism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84903121012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-12-41     Document Type: Article

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