Pathogenicity islands: the tip of the iceberg.

Hentschel, Ute and Hacker, Jörg (2001) Pathogenicity islands: the tip of the iceberg. Microbes and Infection, 3 (7). pp. 545-548. DOI 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01410-1.

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Abstract

Pathogenicity islands represent distinct genetic elements encoding virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria. Pathogenicity islands belong to the class of genomic islands, which are common genetic elements sharing a set of unifying features. Genomic islands have been acquired by horizontal gene transfer. In recent years many different genomic islands have been discovered in a variety of pathogenic as well as non-pathogenic bacteria. Because they promote genetic variability, genomic islands play an important role in microbial evolution

Document Type: Article
Keywords: pathogenicity islands; genomic islands; horizontal gene transfer; evolution; virulence
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Elsevier
Date Deposited: 27 Aug 2015 10:52
Last Modified: 01 Jul 2020 05:52
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29448

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