Pathogenicity islands: the tip of the iceberg.
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چکیده
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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Microbes and infection
دوره 3 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001