Role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence

Genome Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 126-139

  Qiu, X ^a   Kulasekara, B R ^a   Lory, S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; EXOU PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; INTEGRASE; O ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA XENOVORANS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA TRANSFER; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; GLYCOSYLATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS ABIETANIPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA GENOMIC ISLAND 1; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA GENOMIC ISLAND 2; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA GENOMIC ISLAND 3; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 1; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA PATHOGENICITY ISLAND 2; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77954422780     PISSN: 16609263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000235767     Document Type: Review

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