Pathogenicity islands and phages in Vibrio cholerae evolution

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 505-510

  Faruque, Shah M ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHOLERA; CLONOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0242321088     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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