Bacillus anthracis comparative genome analysis in support of the Amerithrax investigation
Bacillus anthracis comparative genome analysis in support of the Amerithrax investigation
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Rasko, David A , Worsham, Patricia L , Abshire, Terry G , Stanley, Scott T , Bannan, Jason D , Wilson, Mark R , Langham, Richard J , Decker, R. Scott , Jiang, Lingxia , Read, Timothy D , Phillippy, Adam M , Salzberg, Steven L , Pop, Mihai , Van Ert, Matthew N , Kenefic, Leo J , Keim, Paul S , Fraser-Liggett, Claire M and Ravel, Jacques
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Before the anthrax letter attacks of 2001, the developing field of microbial forensics relied on microbial genotyping schemes based on a small portion of a genome sequence. Amerithrax, the investigation into the anthrax letter attacks, applied high-resolution whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomics to identify key genetic features of the l...
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Bacillus anthracis comparative genome analysis in support of the Amerithrax investigation
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Author / Creator
Worsham, Patricia L
Abshire, Terry G
Stanley, Scott T
Bannan, Jason D
Wilson, Mark R
Langham, Richard J
Decker, R. Scott
Jiang, Lingxia
Read, Timothy D
Phillippy, Adam M
Salzberg, Steven L
Pop, Mihai
Van Ert, Matthew N
Kenefic, Leo J
Keim, Paul S
Fraser-Liggett, Claire M
Ravel, Jacques
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TN_cdi_fao_agris_US201600192780
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_fao_agris_US201600192780
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1016657108
