Horizontal Gene Transfers Link a Human MRSA Pathogen to Contagious Bovine Mastitis Bacteria

Thomas Brody; Amarendra S. Yavatkar; Yong Lin; Jermaine Ross; Alexander Kuzin; Mukta Kundu; Yang Fann; Ward F. Odenwald

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003074

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Horizontal Gene Transfers Link a Human MRSA Pathogen to Contagious Bovine Mastitis Bacteria

Thomas Brody ,

* E-mail: brodyt@ninds.nih.gov (TB); ward@codon.nih.gov (WFO)

Affiliation The Neural Cell-Fate Determinants Section, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Amarendra S. Yavatkar,

Affiliation The Division of Intramural Research Information Technology Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Yong Lin,

Affiliation The Division of Intramural Research Information Technology Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Jermaine Ross,

Affiliation The Neural Cell-Fate Determinants Section, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Alexander Kuzin,

Affiliation The Neural Cell-Fate Determinants Section, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Mukta Kundu,

Affiliation The Neural Cell-Fate Determinants Section, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Yang Fann,

Affiliation The Division of Intramural Research Information Technology Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Ward F. Odenwald

* E-mail: brodyt@ninds.nih.gov (TB); ward@codon.nih.gov (WFO)

Affiliation The Neural Cell-Fate Determinants Section, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Horizontal Gene Transfers Link a Human MRSA Pathogen to Contagious Bovine Mastitis Bacteria

Thomas Brody,
Amarendra S. Yavatkar,
Yong Lin,
Jermaine Ross,
Alexander Kuzin,
Mukta Kundu,
Yang Fann,
Ward F. Odenwald

Published: August 27, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003074

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