DNA repair and mutators: Effects on antigenic variation and virulence of bacterial pathogens

Virulence Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogens

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 137-159

  Cebula, Thomas A ^a   LeClerc, J Eugene ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Bacterial pathogens; DNA repair; Methyl directed mismatch repair (MMR) mutators; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85147956451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555818111.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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