The role of horizontal gene transfer by bacteriophages in the origin of pathogenic bacteria

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 483-504

  Krylov, V N ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMOSOME; CLOSTRIDIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; GENOMICS; HAEMOPHILUS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROPHAGE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SPIROCHAETA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STIMULATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO; YERSINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SPIROCHAETA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSPOSONS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; VIBRIO; YERSINIA;

EID: 9444264320     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023775431880     Document Type: Review

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