Whole-proteome analysis of twelve species of alphaproteobacteria links four pathogens.

ABSTRACT: Thousands of whole-genome and whole-proteome sequences have been made available through advances in sequencing technology, and sequences of millions more organisms will become available in the coming years. This wealth of genetic information will provide numerous opportunities to enhance our understanding of these organisms including a greater understanding of relationships among species. Researchers have used 16S rRNA and other gene sequences to study the evolutionary origins of bacteria, but these strategies do not provide insight into the sharing of genes among bacteria via horizontal transfer. In this work we use an open source software program called pClust to cluster proteins from the complete proteomes of twelve species of Alphaproteobacteria and generate a dendrogram from the resul

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4235700 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature