Meanings
adjectivepathoadaptive (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving or relating to an adaptive pathogenicity
Cadaverine and acetylspermidine were not detected since they are absent in Shigella due to the pathoadaptive silencing of the cad and speG genes [19 ].
2015 August 28, “Multifactor Regulation of the MdtJI Polyamine Transporter in Shigella”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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