Pathogenicity islands and the evolution of microbes.

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Published in Annu Rev Microbiol on January 01, 2000

Authors

J Hacker1, J B Kaper

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1: Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany. j.hacker@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de

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