Mobile genetic elements and bacterial pathogenesis

Mobile DNA II

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 1040-10559

  Davis, Brigid M ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogens; Intercellular gene transfer; Mobile genetic elements; Pathogenicity islands (pais); Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85157985211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555817954.ch45     Document Type: Chapter

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