Pathogenicity island-directed transfer of unlinked chromosomal virulence genes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 138-149

  Chen, John ^a   Ram, Geeta ^a   Penadés, José R ^b   Brown, Stuart ^a   Novick, Richard P ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PROPHAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPHAGES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84920596121     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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