The size and position of heterologous insertions in a silent locus differentially affect pilin recombination in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 509-522

  Howell Adams, Becky ^a   Wainwright, Leslie A ^a,b   Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0029808964     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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