Screen LibraryHorizontal gene transfer in the evolution of pathogenesis
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| Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 16 |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 356 p., [4] p. of plates: ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521862974 (hardback) 0521862973 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | R378 |
| CLC: |
R378 Q343.1 |
| Call Number: | Q343.1/H811 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Genomes in motion : gene transfer as a catalyst for genome change / Jeffrey G. Lawrence and Heather Hendrickson -- Bacterial recombination in vivo / Xavier Didelot and Daniel Falush -- Phage-bacterium co-evolution and its implication for bacterial pathogenesis / Harald Brüssow -- The role of bacteriophages in the generation and spread of bacterial pathogens / Roger W. Hendrix and Sherwood R. Casjens -- Genomic islands in the bacterial chromosome : paradigms of evolution in quantum leaps / Tobias Ölschläger and Jörg Hacker -- Genomic islands in plant-pathogenic bacteria / Dawn L. Arnold and Robert W. Jackson -- Prophage contribution to salmonella virulence and diversity / Sébastien Lemire, Nara Figueroa-Bossi, and Lionello Bossi -- Pathogenic yersinia : stepwise gain of virulence due to sequential acquisition of mobile genetic elements / Elisabeth Carniel -- Genomic or pathogenicity islands in streptococcus pneumoniae / Barbara Albiger ... [et al.] -- The mobile genetic elements of Staphylococcus aureus / Richard P. Novick -- Influence of human lifestyle on dissemination of transferable elements / Wolfgang Witte -- Eukaryotic gene transfer : adaptation and replacements / Jan O. Andersson -- Lessons in evolution from genome reduction in bacterial endosymbionts / Andrés Moya and Amparo Latorre. |