Whole Genome Analysis of Leptospira licerasiae Provides Insight into Leptospiral Evolution and Pathogenicity

Comprehensive comparative-genomic analysis of Type 2 toxin-antitoxin systems and related mobile stress response systems in prokaryotes

(2012) Kira S Makarova et al.   Biology Direct

Rapid Leptospira identification by direct sequencing of the diagnostic PCR products in New Caledonia

(2011) Julie Perez et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions

(2011) Thomas Nordahl Petersen et al.   NATURE METHODS

QuartetS: a fast and accurate algorithm for large-scale orthology detection

(2011) Chenggang Yu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

CharProtDB: a database of experimentally characterized protein annotations

(2011) R. Madupu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

HMMER web server: interactive sequence similarity searching

(2011) R. D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Characterization of Novel OmpA-Like Protein of Leptospira interrogans That Binds Extracellular Matrix Molecules and Plasminogen

(2011) Rosane Oliveira et al.   PLoS One

ISsaga is an ensemble of web-based methods for high throughput identification and semi-automatic annotation of insertion sequences in prokaryotic genomes

(2011) Alessandro M Varani et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Toxin–antitoxin systems: why so many, what for?

(2010) Laurence Van Melderen   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Leptospira wolffii, a potential new pathogenic Leptospira species detected in human, sheep and dog

(2010) Sedigheh Zakeri et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The C-terminal variable domain of LigB fromLeptospiramediates binding to fibronectin

(2010) Yi-Pin Lin et al.   Journal of Veterinary Science

The Terminal Immunoglobulin-Like Repeats of LigA and LigB of Leptospira Enhance Their Binding to Gelatin Binding Domain of Fibronectin and Host Cells

(2010) Yi-Pin Lin et al.   PLoS One

In Vitro Identification of Novel Plasminogen-Binding Receptors of the Pathogen Leptospira interrogans

(2010) Monica L. Vieira et al.   PLoS One

A novel fibronectin type III module binding motif identified on C-terminus of Leptospira immunoglobulin-like protein, LigB

(2009) Yi-Pin Lin et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

IslandViewer: an integrated interface for computational identification and visualization of genomic islands

(2009) M. G. I. Langille et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Position paper: The creation of a rational scheme for the nomenclature of viruses ofBacteriaandArchaea

(2009) Andrew M. Kropinski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Leptospiral TlyC is an extracellular matrix-binding protein and does not present hemolysin activity

(2009) Eneas Carvalho et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Riboswitches: from ancient gene-control systems to modern drug targets

(2009) Ronald R Breaker   Future Microbiology

Glycosyltransferase functions of E. coli O-antigens

(2009) Magnus Lundborg et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Plasminogen Acquisition and Activation at the Surface of Leptospira Species Lead to Fibronectin Degradation

(2009) M. L. Vieira et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Leptospira kmetyi sp. nov., isolated from an environmental source in Malaysia

(2009) A. T. Slack et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Fibronectin Binds to and Induces Conformational Change in a Disordered Region of Leptospiral Immunoglobulin-like Protein B

(2009) Yi-Pin Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Lp95, a novel leptospiral protein that binds extracellular matrix components and activates e-selectin on endothelial cells

(2009) Marina V. Atzingen et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Leptospira: the dawn of the molecular genetics era for an emerging zoonotic pathogen

(2009) Albert I. Ko et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Protein Naming Utility: a rules database for protein nomenclature

(2009) Johannes Goll et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Pfam protein families database

(2009) Robert D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Comprehensive Functional Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Toxin-Antitoxin Systems: Implications for Pathogenesis, Stress Responses, and Evolution

(2009) Holly R. Ramage et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evaluation of genomic island predictors using a comparative genomics approach

(2008) Morgan GI Langille et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology

(2008) Ramy K Aziz et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Lsa21, a novel leptospiral protein binding adhesive matrix molecules and present during human infection

(2008) Marina V Atzingen et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

LruA and LruB Antibodies in Sera of Humans with Leptospiral Uveitis

(2008) A. Verma et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Identification of a Novel Prophage-Like Gene Cluster Actively Expressed in Both Virulent and Avirulent Strains of Leptospira interrogans Serovar Lai

(2008) J.-H. Qin et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Leptospira wolffii sp. nov., isolated from a human with suspected leptospirosis in Thailand

(2008) A. T. Slack et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenicity Island DNA Is Packaged in Particles Composed of Phage Proteins

(2008) M. A. Tormo et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Functional Characterization of a Vitamin B12-Dependent Methylmalonyl Pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Implications for Propionate Metabolism during Growth on Fatty Acids

(2008) S. Savvi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Novel Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Phenotype Mediated by the Fibronectin-Binding Proteins, FnBPA and FnBPB

(2008) E. O'Neill et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The National Center for Biotechnology Information's Protein Clusters Database

(2008) William Klimke et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Rfam: updates to the RNA families database

(2008) P. P. Gardner et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Genome Sequence of the Saprophyte Leptospira biflexa Provides Insights into the Evolution of Leptospira and the Pathogenesis of Leptospirosis

(2008) Mathieu Picardeau et al.   PLoS One

Conservation of the S10-spc-α Locus within Otherwise Highly Plastic Genomes Provides Phylogenetic Insight into the Genus Leptospira

(2008) Berta Victoria et al.   PLoS One

Human Leptospirosis Caused by a New, Antigenically Unique Leptospira Associated with a Rattus Species Reservoir in the Peruvian Amazon

(2008) Michael A. Matthias et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Core and Accessory Genomes of Burkholderia pseudomallei: Implications for Human Melioidosis

(2008) Siew Hoon Sim et al.   PLoS Pathogens