Site-specific insertion of IS1301 and distribution in Neisseria meningitidis strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2527-2532

  Hilse, Robert ^a   Hammerschmidt, Sven ^a   Bautsch, Wilfried ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP B;

EID: 0029863958     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2527-2532.1996     Document Type: Article

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