Analysis of genome sequences from plant pathogenic Rhodococcus reveals genetic novelties in virulence loci

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Creason, Allison L ^a   Vandeputte, Olivier M ^b   Savory, Elizabeth A ^a   Davis II, Edward W ^a   Putnam, Melodie L ^a   Hu, Erdong ^a   Swader Hines, David ^a   Mol, Adeline ^b   Baucher, Marie ^b   Prinsen, Els ^c   Zdanowska, Magdalena ^c   Givan, Scott A ^d   El Jaziri, Mondher ^b   Loper, Joyce E ^a,e   Mahmud, Taifo ^a   Chang, Jeff H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; FAS ANTIGEN; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROLASE; ISOPENTYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHORIBOHYDROLASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 6 N (3,3 DIMETHYLALLYL)ADENOSINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; N(6)-(DELTA(2)-ISOPENTENYL)ADENINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHIMERA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALL (PLANT); GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENE FUSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLASMID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; ISOPENTENYLADENOSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PLANTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904266643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101996     Document Type: Article

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