Patterns of large-scale genomic variation in virulent and avirulent Burkholderia species

Genome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2295-2307

  Ong, Catherine ^a   Ooi, Chia Huey ^b   Wang, Dongling ^a   Chong, Hweeling ^b   Ng, Kim Chong ^b   Rodrigues, Fiona ^b   Lee, Mary Ann ^a   Tan, Patrick ^a,b  

^a Defense Medical and Environmental Research Institute   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE DISEASE; IRON METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BURKHOLDERIA; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLANDERS; IRON; MELIOIDOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS;

EID: 8744275423     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.1608904     Document Type: Article

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