A complete view of the genetic diversity of the Escherichia coli O-antigen biosynthesis gene cluster

DNA Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-107

  Iguchi, Atsushi ^a   Iyoda, Sunao ^b   Kikuchi, Taisei ^a   Ogura, Yoshitoshi ^a   Katsura, Keisuke ^a   Ohnishi, Makoto ^b   Hayashi, Tetsuya ^a   Thomson, Nicholas R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. coli; Genomic diversity; Horizontal gene transfer; O serogroup; O antigen biosynthesis gene cluster

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; O ANTIGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DATABASES, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84927913976     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 17561663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsu043     Document Type: Article

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