Molecular mechanisms of pathogenicity: How do pathogenic microorganisms develop cross-kingdom host jumps?

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-277

  Van Baarlen, Peter ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^b   Summerbell, Richard C ^c   Crous, Pedro W ^c   Thomma, Bart P H J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Disease; Evolution; Infection; Pathogen; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HABITAT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOSES; VIRULENCE;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 34047116370     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2007.00065.x     Document Type: Review

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