Phase and antigenic variation in bacteria

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 581-611

  Van Der Woude, Marjan W ^a   Bäumler, Andreas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM PILUS; BASE PAIRING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3242757523     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.17.3.581-611.2004     Document Type: Review

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