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Pathogenicity islands and the evolution of bacterial pathogens.

Infectious agents and disease - 1 Jan 1996

Lee C A

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The term pathogenicity island has been used to refer to large chromosomal regions in pathogenic bacteria that encode virulence genes. This article reviews the recent history of this term and considers what characteristics define a pathogenicity island. It appears that pathogenicity islands can confer complex virulence phenotypes and were acquired by bacteria from unrelated organisms, leading to interesting...

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