Evolution in quantum leaps: Multiple combinatorial transfers of HPI and other genetic modules in Enterobacteriaceae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Paauw, Armand ^a   Leverstein van Hall, Maurine A ^a   Verhoef, Jan ^a   Fluit, Ad C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMIC ISLAND; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PLASMID;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE COMPLEX; ENTEROBACTER HORMAECHEI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 77649266549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008662     Document Type: Article

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