Does the possession of virulence factor genes mean that those genes will be active?

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Edberg, Stephen C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene functionality; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; PROTEINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LARVA; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77949389606     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.066     Document Type: Review

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