Evolution of bacterial pathogenesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 719-728

  Ziebuhr, W ^a   Ohlsen, K ^a   Karch, H ^b   Korhonen, T ^c   Hacker, J ^a  

^a Inst fur Molec Infektionsbiol   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene transfer; Insertion sequences; Pathogenesis; Pathogenicity islands; Point mutation; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0032697231     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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