Toxin genes on pathogenicity islands: Impact for microbial evolution

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 290, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 307-311

  Dobrindt, U ^a   Janke, B ^a   Piechaczek, K ^a   Nagy, G ^a   Ziebuhr, W ^a   Fischer, G ^b   Schierhorn, A ^b   Hecker, M ^c   Blum Oehler, G ^a   Hacker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

LeuX; Microbial evolution; Minor tRNA; Pathogenicity islands; Uropathogenic E. coli; hemolysin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC STRAIN; LEUCINE; PATHOGENICITY; TOXIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033735158     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1438-4221(00)80028-4     Document Type: Article

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