Interrogation of the Burkholderia pseudomallei genome to address differential virulence among Isolates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Challacombe, Jean F ^a   Stubben, Chris J ^a   Klimko, Christopher P ^b   Welkos, Susan L ^b   Kern, Steven J ^b   Bozue, Joel A ^b   Worsham, Patricia L ^b   Cote, Christopher K ^b   Wolfe, Daniel N ^c   Badger, Jonathan H ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST CELL; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84919800940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115951     Document Type: Article

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