Shedding of genes that interfere with the pathogenic lifestyle: The Shigella model

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 6-7, 2012, Pages 399-406

  Prosseda, Gianni ^a   Di Martino, Maria Letizia ^a   Campilongo, Rosaria ^a   Fioravanti, Rosa ^b   Micheli, Gioacchino ^c   Casalino, Mariassunta ^b   Colonna, Bianca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Istituto Di Biologia E Patologia Molecolari Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti virulence genes; Bacterial genome; Evolution; Pathoadaptive mutations; Polyamines; Shigella

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADAVERINE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OMPT ENZYME; PROTEIN ARGT; PROTEINASE; QUINOLINIC ACID; SPERMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PATHOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHIGELLA; SPEG GENE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84865593910     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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