Bacteriophage-mediated spread of bacterial virulence genes

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-178

  Penadés, José R ^a   Chen, John ^b   Quiles Puchalt, Nuria ^a,c   Carpena, Nuria ^a,d   Novick, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA PACKAGING; GENE CONTROL; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VIRUS GENOME; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84920200267     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.11.019     Document Type: Review

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