Pathogenicity islands of virulent bacteria: structure, function and impact on microbial evolution

Explore this paper's citation graph

Summary

Bacteriophage attachment sites and cryptic genes on Pais indicate that these particular genetic elements were previously able to spread among bacterial populations by horizontal gene transfer, a process known to contribute to microbial evolution.

Type
review
Published
1997-03-01
Cited by
1,179
References
61
Access
Open access

Keywords

Biology, Pathogenicity island, Virulence, Genetics, Horizontal gene transfer

References

Cited by

Related papers