The social evolution of bacterial pathogenesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1462, 2001, Pages 61-69

  Smith, J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Horizontal gene trasfer; Host parasite evolution; Pathogenicity islands; Selfish genetic elements; Virulence

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

EVOLUTION; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE TRANSFER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIOPHAGES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035819317     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1330     Document Type: Article

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