title: Identification of a divided genome for VSH-1, the prophage-like gene transfer agent of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae.
abstract: The Brachyspira hyodysenteriae B204 genome sequence revealed three VSH-1 tail genes, hvp31, hvp60, and hvp37, in a 3.6-kb cluster. The location and transcription direction of these genes relative to those of the previously described VSH-1 16.3-kb gene operon indicate that the gene transfer agent VSH-1 has a noncontiguous, divided genome.
authors.affiliation: National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA. Thad.Stanton@ars.usda.gov
authors.forename: Thaddeus B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Stanton
authors.forename: Samuel B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Humphrey
authors.forename: Darrell O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Bayles
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Zuerner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017401:Brachyspira hyodysenteriae / Q000821:virology*; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D039002:Prophages / Q000235:genetics*; D013552:Swine; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins