The pathogenicity islands as a factors determining the virulence of bacteria

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 357-363

  Kołodyński, Jan ^a   Jankowski, Stanisław ^a  

^a Instytut Mikrobiologii   (Poland)

Author keywords

Pathogenicity islands; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; HOST; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0036056345     PISSN: 1230025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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