Antigenic variation and transmission fitness as drivers of bacterial strain structure

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1969-1975

  Palmer, Guy H ^a   Brayton, Kelly A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNE EVASION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84887616088     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12182     Document Type: Review

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