Horizontal gene transfer in human pathogens

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-108

  Juhas, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Escherichia coli; Horizontal gene transfer; Pathogenicity; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84921776252     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2013.804031     Document Type: Review

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