Phase variation of gonococcal protein II: Regulation of gene expression by slipped-strand mispairing of a repetitive DNA sequence

Cell

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 539-547

  Murphy, George L ^a   Connell, Terry D ^a   Barritt, Diana S ^a   Koomey, Michael ^b   Cannon, Janne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN BONDING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REC A PROTEIN; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024536996     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(89)90577-1     Document Type: Article

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