Parallel evolution of virulence in pathogenic Escherichia coli

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6791, 2000, Pages 64-67

  Reid, Sean D ^a   Herbelin, Corinne J ^a   Bumbaugh, Alyssa C ^a   Selander, Robert K ^a   Whittam, Thomas S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0034612502     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35017546     Document Type: Article

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