Dynamics of the bacterial genome: deletions and integrations as mechanisms of bacterial virulence modulation.

doi:10.1016/s0934-8840(11)80817-0

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Dynamics of the bacterial genome: deletions and integrations as mechanisms of bacterial virulence modulation.

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie : international journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 1993

Ott M

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Bacterial virulence is a multifactorial phenomenon, arising from the coordinate action of special abilities of the infectious agents, termed as virulence factors, which is crucial for the infectious process. The genetic determinants encoding those factors are termed virulence associated genes, wh...

Topics

Bacteria
Genome, Bacterial
Mutation
Plasmids
Sequence Deletion
Virulence

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