@article{e5241e0fc0d94865af4dad482ebe8a39,
title = "New insights about excisable pathogenicity islands in Salmonella and their contribution to virulence",
abstract = "Pathogenicity islands (PAIs) are regions of the chromosome of pathogenic bacteria that harbor virulence genes, which were probably acquired by lateral gene transfer. Several PAIs can excise from the bacterial chromosome by site-specific recombination and in this review have been denominated “excisable PAIs”. Here, the characteristic of some of the excisable PAIs from Salmonella enterica and the possible role and impact of the excision process on bacterial virulence is discussed. Understanding the role of PAI excision could provide important insights relative to the emergence, evolution and virulence of pathogenic enterobacteria.",
keywords = "Excision, Pathogenicity island, Salmonella, Virulence",
author = "Nieto, {Pamela A.} and Catalina Pardo-Roa and Salazar-Echegarai, {Francisco J.} and Tobar, {Hugo E.} and Irenice Coronado-Arr{\'a}zola and Riedel, {Claudia A.} and Kalergis, {Alexis M.} and Bueno, {Susan M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by the following grants: Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Chile (FONDECYT numbers 11075060 , 1131012 , 1140010 and 1150862 ), Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy P09/016-F from Iniciativa Cient{\'i}fica Milenio, Ministry of Economy of Chile ; and Grant “Nouvelles Equipes-nouvelles th{\'e}matiques” from la R{\'e}gion Pays de la Loire. PAN, CPR HET, and IC are supported by the Comisi{\'o}n Nacional de Investigaci{\'o}n Cient{\'i}fica y Tecnol{\'o}gica (CONICYT). AMK is a Chaire de la R{\'e}gion Pays de la Loire, Chercheur {\'E}tranger d'excellence, France.",
year = "2016",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.micinf.2016.02.001",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
pages = "302--309",
journal = "Microbes and Infection",
issn = "1286-4579",
publisher = "Elsevier Masson s.r.l.",
number = "5",
}
