Published in Mol Biol Evol on March 30, 2007
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Molecular analysis of the Enterobacter sakazakii O-antigen gene locus. Appl Environ Microbiol (2008) 1.17
Molecular characterization of Cronobacter lipopolysaccharide O-antigen gene clusters and development of serotype-specific PCR assays. Appl Environ Microbiol (2011) 1.13
Adaptability and persistence of the emerging pathogen Bordetella petrii. PLoS One (2013) 0.97
Lipopolysaccharide modification in Gram-negative bacteria during chronic infection. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2016) 0.88
Determination of glycosyltransferase specificities for the Escherichia coli O111 O antigen by a generic approach. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 0.76
Genetics and evolution of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O-specific polysaccharides: a novel pattern of O-antigen diversity. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2017) 0.75
Transposase interaction with the β sliding clamp: effects on insertion sequence proliferation and transposition rate. Sci Rep (2015) 0.75
Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective. Mol Microbiol (2006) 14.53
Genetic analysis of the capsular biosynthetic locus from all 90 pneumococcal serotypes. PLoS Genet (2006) 6.43
A recalibrated molecular clock and independent origins for the cholera pandemic clones. PLoS One (2008) 3.16
Predicted functions and linkage specificities of the products of the Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular biosynthetic loci. J Bacteriol (2007) 2.67
Genomic sequencing reveals regulatory mutations and recombinational events in the widely used MC4100 lineage of Escherichia coli K-12. J Bacteriol (2009) 2.51
Escherichia coli in disguise: molecular origins of Shigella. Microbes Infect (2002) 2.27
Structure and genetics of Shigella O antigens. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2008) 2.11
Genetic relatedness of the Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular biosynthetic loci. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.92
Derivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from its O55:H7 precursor. PLoS One (2010) 1.90
Species-wide variation in the Escherichia coli flagellin (H-antigen) gene. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.73
Molecular evolutionary relationships of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. Infect Immun (2004) 1.59
The O-antigen gene cluster of Escherichia coli O55:H7 and identification of a new UDP-GlcNAc C4 epimerase gene. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.50
Vibrio cholerae pathogenic clones. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 1.24
Pandemic spread of cholera: genetic diversity and relationships within the seventh pandemic clone of Vibrio cholerae determined by amplified fragment length polymorphism. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.21
Divergence involving global regulatory gene mutations in an Escherichia coli population evolving under phosphate limitation. Genome Biol Evol (2010) 1.17
Insight into evolution of Bordetella pertussis from comparative genomic analysis: evidence of vaccine-driven selection. Mol Biol Evol (2010) 1.15
Structural diversity in Salmonella O antigens and its genetic basis. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2013) 1.15
Population structure, origins and evolution of major Salmonella enterica clones. Infect Genet Evol (2009) 1.13
The multiplicity of divergence mechanisms in a single evolving population. Genome Biol (2012) 1.05
Structural and genetic characterization of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O145 O antigen and development of an O145 serogroup-specific PCR assay. J Bacteriol (2005) 1.05
Relationships of the Escherichia coli O157, O111, and O55 O-antigen gene clusters with those of Salmonella enterica and Citrobacter freundii, which express identical O antigens. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.05
Multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis of 7th pandemic Vibrio cholerae. BMC Microbiol (2012) 1.04
Structural and genetic evidence that the Escherichia coli O148 O antigen is the precursor of the Shigella dysenteriae type 1 O antigen and identification of a glucosyltransferase gene. Microbiology (2007) 1.03
Bordetella pertussis clones identified by multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.03
Population structure and evolution of non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae by multilocus sequence typing. PLoS One (2013) 1.00
Development of a multiplex PCR assay for detection and genogrouping of Neisseria meningitidis. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.99
Diversity in the major polysaccharide antigen of Acinetobacter baumannii assessed by DNA sequencing, and development of a molecular serotyping scheme. PLoS One (2013) 0.98
Genome-wide analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in Bordetella pertussis using comparative genomic sequencing. Res Microbiol (2008) 0.97
A group of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica O antigens sharing a common backbone structure. Microbiology (2007) 0.96
The Wzx translocases for Salmonella enterica O-antigen processing have unexpected serotype specificity. Mol Microbiol (2012) 0.94
Evolutionary changes of the flhDC flagellar master operon in Shigella strains. J Bacteriol (2005) 0.94
Relationship of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O antigens IA, IIA, and IVB: the IIA gene cluster was derived from that of IVB. Infect Immun (2002) 0.94
The variation of O antigens in gram-negative bacteria. Subcell Biochem (2010) 0.94
Comparison of two major forms of the Shigella virulence plasmid pINV: positive selection is a major force driving the divergence. Infect Immun (2003) 0.94
Genetic relationships of phage types and single nucleotide polymorphism typing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.93
Synthesis of the heteropolysaccharide O antigen of Escherichia coli O52 requires an ABC transporter: structural and genetic evidence. J Bacteriol (2004) 0.91
Genomic diversity and adaptation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from analysis of six genomes of different phage types. BMC Genomics (2013) 0.90
The variation of dTDP-L-rhamnose pathway genes in Vibrio cholerae. Microbiology (2003) 0.89
Membrane topology of the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Group B O-antigen translocase Wzx. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2008) 0.89
Extensive variation in the O-antigen gene cluster within one Salmonella enterica serogroup reveals an unexpected complex history. J Bacteriol (2002) 0.88
Genomic identification of a novel mutation in hfq that provides multiple benefits in evolving glucose-limited populations of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2010) 0.86
Rapid and accurate typing of Bordetella pertussis targeting genes encoding acellular vaccine antigens using real time PCR and High Resolution Melt analysis. J Microbiol Methods (2009) 0.86
Adaptation of multilocus sequencing for studying variation within a major clone: evolutionary relationships of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Genetics (2005) 0.86
Diversity of o-antigen repeat unit structures can account for the substantial sequence variation of wzx translocases. J Bacteriol (2014) 0.85
Genetic analysis of the O-antigen gene clusters of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O:6 and O:7. Glycobiology (2011) 0.85
Importation of the major pilin TcpA gene and frequent recombination drive the divergence of the Vibrio pathogenicity island in Vibrio cholerae. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2008) 0.85
Deletion of the Escherichia coli O14:K7 O antigen gene cluster. Can J Microbiol (2004) 0.84
The Wzy O-antigen polymerase of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O:2a has a dependence on the Wzz chain-length determinant for efficient polymerization. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2013) 0.84
Biosynthesis of UDP-GlcNAc, UndPP-GlcNAc and UDP-GlcNAcA involves three easily distinguished 4-epimerase enzymes, Gne, Gnu and GnaB. PLoS One (2013) 0.84
Molecular basis of the indole-negative reaction in Shigella strains: extensive damages to the tna operon by insertion sequences. J Bacteriol (2004) 0.83
Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium reveals phage-type- specific markers and potential for microarray typing. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 0.83
Structural and genetic characterization of the Shigella boydii type 10 and type 6 O antigens. J Bacteriol (2005) 0.83
AFLP analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates of phage types DT 9 and DT 135: diversity within phage types and its epidemiological significance. Microbes Infect (2003) 0.81
Molecular markers with potential to replace phage typing for Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. J Microbiol Methods (2006) 0.80
The O-specific polysaccharide structure and gene cluster of serotype O:12 of the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex, and the identification of a novel L-quinovose biosynthesis gene. Glycobiology (2012) 0.79
Mutation accumulation and fitness in mutator subpopulations of Escherichia coli. Biol Lett (2012) 0.79
Soluble expression of recombinant olive flounder hepcidin I using a novel secretion enhancer. Mol Cells (2008) 0.78
The WbaK acetyltransferase of Salmonella enterica group E gives insights into O antigen evolution. Microbiology (2013) 0.78
Genetic characterisation and structural analysis of the O-specific polysaccharide of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:1c. Innate Immun (2010) 0.78
The genetics and structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:10 and its relationship with Escherichia coli O111 and Salmonella enterica O35. Glycobiology (2011) 0.78
Biochemical characterization of the CDP-D-arabinitol biosynthetic pathway in Streptococcus pneumoniae 17F. J Bacteriol (2012) 0.77
The O-specific polysaccharide structure and biosynthetic gene cluster of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:11. Carbohydr Res (2009) 0.77
Evolutionary origins and sequence of the Escherichia coli O4 O-antigen gene cluster. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2005) 0.77
Determination of glycosyltransferase specificities for the Escherichia coli O111 O antigen by a generic approach. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 0.76
Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of Salmonella enterica. Methods Mol Biol (2007) 0.75
Characterization of the CDP-D-mannitol biosynthetic pathway in Streptococcus pneumoniae 35A. Glycobiology (2012) 0.75