Functional genomics of bacterial pathogens: From post-genomics to therapeutic targets

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-312

  Polissi, Alessandra ^b   Soria, Marco R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ANTHRAX; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME SIZE; GENOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PLAGUE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA; BARTONELLACEAE; BORDETELLA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; LISTERIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LISTERIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 22144478311     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04480.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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