Mobile genetic elements and bacterial pathogenesis

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2002

Imbroglios of viral taxonomy: genetic exchange and failings of phenetic approaches.

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J Bacteriol, (17):4891-4905 2002

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Dissemination of the phage-associated novel superantigen gene speL in recent invasive and noninvasive Streptococcus pyogenes M3/T3 isolates in Japan.

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Infect Immun, (6):3227-3233 2002

MED: 12011018

Comparative genomics reveals close genetic relationships between phages from dairy bacteria and pathogenic Streptococci: evolutionary implications for prophage-host interactions.

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Virology, (2):325-341 2001

MED: 11601904

Phage genomics: small is beautiful.

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Cell, (1):13-16 2002

MED: 11792317

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Characterization of a bacteriophage that carries the genes for production of Shiga-like toxin 1 in Escherichia coli.

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MED: 3040688

The complete nucleotide sequence of phi CTX, a cytotoxin-converting phage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: implications for phage evolution and horizontal gene transfer via bacteriophages.

Nakayama K, Kanaya S, Ohnishi M, Terawaki Y, Hayashi T

Mol Microbiol, (2):399-419 1999

MED: 10027959