The defective prophage pool of Escherichia coli O157: prophage-prophage interactions potentiate horizontal transfer of virulence determinants.

Asadulghani, Md

The defective prophage pool of Escherichia coli O157: prophage-prophage interactions potentiate horizontal transfer of virulence determinants. [electronic resource] - PLoS pathogens May 2009 - e1000408 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1553-7374

10.1371/journal.ppat.1000408 doi


Chloramphenicol Resistance--genetics
Computer Simulation
Escherichia coli O157--genetics
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
Genome, Bacterial
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prophages--genetics
Recombination, Genetic
Sequence Alignment
Shiga Toxin 1--genetics
Shiga Toxin 2--genetics
Virion--metabolism
Virulence--genetics
Virulence Factors--genetics