Limited variation and maintenance of tight genetic linkage characterize heteroallelic pilE recombination following DNA transformation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 507-518

  Hill, Stuart A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOSAICISM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0029879262     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5201047.x     Document Type: Article

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