Rickettsia phylogenomics: unwinding the intricacies of obligate intracellular life.

Completed genome sequences are rapidly increasing for Rickettsia, obligate intracellular alpha-proteobacteria responsible for various human diseases, including epidemic typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. In light of phylogeny, the establishment of orthologous groups (OGs) of open reading frame...

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Main Authors: Joseph J Gillespie, Kelly Williams, Maulik Shukla, Eric E Snyder, Eric K Nordberg, Shane M Ceraul, Chitti Dharmanolla, Daphne Rainey, Jeetendra Soneja, Joshua M Shallom, Nataraj Dongre Vishnubhat, Rebecca Wattam, Anjan Purkayastha, Michael Czar, Oswald Crasta, Joao C Setubal, Abdu F Azad, Bruno S Sobral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2635572?pdf=render