Impact of large chromosomal inversions on the adaptation and evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa chronically colonizing cystic fibrosis lungs

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-158

  Kresse, Andreas U ^a   Dinesh, Sriramulu D ^a   Larbig, Karen ^b   Römling, Ute ^a,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0037219570     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03261.x     Document Type: Article

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