A novel peptidoglycan-linked lipoprotein (ComL) that functions in natural transformation competence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1095-1105

  Fussenegger, Martin ^a   Facius, Dirk ^a   Meier, Jürgen ^a   Meyer, Thomas F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029867376     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.457984.x     Document Type: Article

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