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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2006

The genome of the obligately intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia canis reveals themes of complex membrane structure and immune evasion strategies.

K Mavromatis, C Kuyler Doyle, A Lykidis, N Ivanova, M P Francino, P Chain, M Shin, S Malfatti, F Larimer, A Copeland and 7 more

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

K MavromatisDepartment of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598, USA. Kmavrommatis@lbl.gov
C Kuyler Doyle
A Lykidis
N Ivanova
M P Francino
P Chain
M Shin
S Malfatti
F Larimer
A Copeland
J C Detter
M Land
P M Richardson
X J Yu
D H Walker
J W McBride
N C Kyrpides
Joint Genome Institute · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USOak Ridge National Laboratory · USLawrence Livermore National Laboratory · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ehrlichia canis, a small obligately intracellular, tick-transmitted, gram-negative, alpha-proteobacterium, is the primary etiologic agent of globally distributed canine monocytic ehrlichiosis. Complete genome sequencing revealed that the E. canis genome consists of a single circular chromosome of 1,315,030 bp predicted to encode 925 proteins, 40 stable RNA species, 17 putative pseudogenes, and a substantial proportion of noncoding sequence (27%). Interesting genome features include a large set of proteins with transmembrane helices and/or signal sequences and a unique serine-threonine bias associated with the potential for O glycosylation that was prominent in proteins associated with pathogen-host interactions. Furthermore, two paralogous protein families associated with immune evasion were identified, one of which contains poly(G-C) tracts, suggesting that they may play a role in phase variation and facilitation of persistent infections. Genes associated with pathogen-host interactions were identified, including a small group encoding proteins (n = 12) with tandem repeats and another group encoding proteins with eukaryote-like ankyrin domains (n = 7).

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Genome, BacterialAnimalsBacterial ProteinsDog DiseasesDogsEhrlichia canisEhrlichiosisGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGlycoproteinsMolecular Sequence DataPseudogenesRNA, BacterialTranscription, GeneticBacterial ProteinsGlycoproteinsRNA, Bacterial

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PMID16707693
PMCPMC1482910
OpenAlexW2156623655

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