Transposon insertion sequencing elucidates novel gene involvement in susceptibility and resistance to phages T4 and T7 in Escherichia coli O157

mBio

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Cowley, Lauren A ^a,b   Low, Alison S ^c   Pickard, Derek ^d   Boinett, Christine J ^d,e   Dallman, Timothy J ^a   Day, Martin ^a   Perry, Neil ^a   Gally, David L ^c   Parkhill, Julian ^d   Jenkins, Claire ^a   Cain, Amy K ^d,f  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Gram negative bacteria; Mutagenesis; Transposons; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T7; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SSPA GENE; TRANSPOSON; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85055467128     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00705-18     Document Type: Article

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