Horizontally acquired genomic islands in the tubercle bacilli

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 303-308

  Jang, Jichan ^a   Becq, Jennifer ^b   Gicquel, Brigitte ^a   Deschavanne, Patrick ^b   Neyrolles, Olivier ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENOMIC ISLAND; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHAGOCYTES; PROTOZOA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLI (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 46049099768     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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