Bacterial virulence gene regulation: An evolutionary perspective

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2000, Pages 519-565

  Cotter, P A ^a   Dirita, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogenesis; Bordetella; Evolution; Salmonella; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BORDETELLA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033768412     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.54.1.519     Document Type: Review

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