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The Sanger Institute together with
Dr. Sheila Patrick
(PI) of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology,
Queen's University of Belfast School of Medicine
have completed the sequence and annotation of the genome of
Bacteroides fragilis NCTC9343, in collaboration with:
- Dr. Garry Blakely of the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology at the University of Edinburgh (UK),
- Dr. Val Abratt of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Cape Town (South Africa),
- Prof. Brian Duerden of the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Wales College of Medicine (UK),
- Prof. Ian Poxton of the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School (UK).
More information is available on the Sanger
Institute B. fragilis project page
Reference:
- "Extensive DNA Inversions in the B. fragilis Genome Control Variable Gene Expression". Science 307(5714):1463-1465 (2005) View/download paper.
- Ana M. Cerdeño-Tárraga, Sheila Patrick, Lisa C. Crossman, Garry Blakely, Val Abratt, Nicola Lennard, Ian Poxton, Brian Duerden, Barbara Harris, Mike A. Quail,
Andrew Barron, Louise Clark, Craig Corton, Jonathan Doggett, Matthew T.G. Holden, Natasha Larke, Alexandra Line, Angela Lord, Halina Norbertczak, Doug Ormond, Claire Price,
Ester Rabbinowitsch, John Woodward, Bart Barrell and Julian Parkhill.
Please address all enquiries to Julian Parkhill (parkhill@sanger.ac.uk).
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