Re-examining the role and random nature of phase variation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-197

  Van Der Woude, Marjan W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biofilm; Gene regulation; Immune evasion; Phase variation; Review

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DECISION MAKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SALMONELLA; SHORT SURVEY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33644849698     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2005.00038.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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