Pathogenicity islands: The tip of the iceberg

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 545-548

  Hentschel, Ute ^a   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genomic islands; Horizontal gene transfer; Pathogenicity islands; Virulence

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034978233     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01410-1     Document Type: Review

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