Common themes among bacteriophage-encoded virulence factors and diversity among the bacteriophages involved

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 521-529

  Boyd, E Fidelma ^a   Brüssow, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; PROTEIN; SUPERANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACCURACY; ANTIGENICITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INOVIRIDAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURAMINIDASE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INOVIRIDAE; MYOVIRIDAE; PODOVIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0036843960     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)02459-9     Document Type: Review

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