A Specific Genetic Background Is Required for Acquisition and Expression of Virulence Factors in Escherichia coli

Escobar‐Páramo, Patricia; Clermont, Olivier; Blanc‐Potard, Anne‐Béatrice; Bui, Hung; Le Bouguénec, Chantal; Denamur, Érick

doi:10.1093/molbev/msh118

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A Specific Genetic Background Is Required for Acquisition and Expression of Virulence Factors in Escherichia coli

Published in Molecular Biology and Evolution • Mar 16, 2004

Authors:

Patricia Escobar‐Páramo

Olivier Clermont

Anne‐Béatrice Blanc‐Potard

Abstract

In bacteria, the evolution of pathogenicity seems to be the result of the constant arrival of virulence factors (VFs) into the bacterial genome. However, the integration, retention, and/or expression of these factors may be the result of the interaction between the new arriving genes and the bacteri...

Subject

Biology

Virulence

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