Phages and the evolution of bacterial pathogens: From genomic rearrangements to lysogenic conversion

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 560-602

  Brüssow, Harald ^a   Canchaya, Carlos ^a   Hardt, Wolf Dietrich ^b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS STRAIN;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; PROPHAGES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 4544321685     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.68.3.560-602.2004     Document Type: Review

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