2000
Lateral gene transfer and the nature of bacterial innovation
Ochman H, Lawrence J, Groisman E. Lateral gene transfer and the nature of bacterial innovation. Nature 2000, 405: 299-304. PMID: 10830951, DOI: 10.1038/35012500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLateral gene transferGene transferHorizontal gene transferBacterial innovationDynamic genomeGenetic diversityAcquisition of sequencesGenetic informationLateral transferBacterial speciesPathogenic characterEukaryotesGenomeChromosomesOrganismsSpeciesDNADiversityBacteriaSequenceSubstantial amount
1997
The Salmonella selC locus contains a pathogenicity island mediating intramacrophage survival
Blanc‐Potard A, Groisman E. The Salmonella selC locus contains a pathogenicity island mediating intramacrophage survival. The EMBO Journal 1997, 16: 5376-5385. PMID: 9311997, PMCID: PMC1170169, DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.17.5376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphatasesAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceCarrier ProteinsCation Transport ProteinsCulture MediaEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsFemaleGenes, BacterialMacrophagesMagnesiumMembrane Transport ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyMutationOperonPhenotypeRecombination, GeneticRNA, TransferSalmonella Infections, AnimalSalmonella typhimuriumConceptsPathogenicity islandSelC locusIntramacrophage survivalSalmonella typhimurium chromosomePhoP/PhoQKb DNA segmentVirulence genesNon-pathogenic bacterial speciesTwo-component systemSite of integrationChromosomal clustersTRNA locusVirulence functionsDNA segmentsSalmonella virulenceHomologous regionsMajor regulatorBacterial speciesLociEnteric bacteriaEscherichia coliGenesBenign strainsLow Mg2Virulence