Insights into the evolutionary relationships of lyta autolysin and ply pneumolysin-LikeGenes in streptococcuspneumoniae and related streptococci

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2747-2761

  Morales, María ^a,b   Martín Galiano, Antonio J ^b,c   Domenech, Mirian ^a,b   Garcí, Ernesto ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genomic island; Main autolysin; Pneumococcus; Pneumolysin; Streptococci of the mitis group

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PLY PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 84959294202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv178     Document Type: Article

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