Mobility of the Yersinia High-Pathogenicity Island (HPI): Transfer mechanisms of pathogenicity islands (PAIs) revisited

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-105

  Benedek, Orsolya ^a,b   Schubert, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Pathogenicity islands

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA;

EID: 34447561728     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.54.2007.2.1     Document Type: Review

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