Type VI secretion systems of human gut Bacteroidales segregate into three genetic architectures, two of which are contained on mobile genetic elements

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Coyne, Michael J ^a   Roelofs, Kevin G ^a   Comstock, Laurie E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Gut microbiota; ICE integrative and conjugative element; T6SS; Type VI secretion system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; INTEGRATIVE CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84954321839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2377-z     Document Type: Article

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