Have archaeal genes contributed to bacterial virulence?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Gophna, Uri ^a   Charlebois, Robert L ^b   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NeuroGadgets Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2042507722     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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