Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of resistance and virulence determinants in Streptococcus

Journal of Applied Microbiology Symposium Supplement

Volumn 83, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Dowson, C G ^a   Barcus, V ^a   King, S ^a   Pickerill, P ^a   Whatmore, A ^a   Yeo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOKINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031404355     PISSN: 02674440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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