Pathogen evolution: How good bacteria go bad

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Stephens, Craig ^a   Murray, William ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRAIN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENESIS; RECOMBINANT PLASMID;

BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0035936555     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00012-4     Document Type: Review

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