Pathogenicity islands of virulent bacteria: Structure, function and impact on microbial evolution

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1089-1097

  Hacker, J ^a   Blum Oehler, G ^a   Muhldorfer I ^a   Tschape H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; HELICOBACTER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; YERSINIA;

CHROMOSOMES; EVOLUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030901705     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3101672.x     Document Type: Review

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