Whole genome sequencing revealed host adaptation-focused genomic plasticity of pathogenic Leptospira

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Xu, Yinghua ^a   Zhu, Yongzhang ^b   Wang, Yuezhu ^d   Chang, Yung Fu ^e   Zhang, Ying ^a   Jiang, Xiugao ^g   Zhuang, Xuran ^b   Zhu, Yongqiang ^d   Zhang, Jinlong ^a   Zeng, Lingbing ^b   Yang, Minjun ^d   Li, Shijun ^h   Wang, Shengyue ^d   Ye, Qiang ^a   Xin, Xiaofang ^a   Zhao, Guoping ^d,f   Zheng, Huajun ^c,d   Guo, Xiaokui ^b   Wang, Junzhi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR FOOD AND DRUG CONTROL   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^d CHINESE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME CENTER AT SHANGHAI   (China)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^g CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^h Guizhou Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84957582178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20020     Document Type: Article

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