Cloning and characterization of the catalase gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Use of the gonococcus as a host organism for recombinant DNA

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2627-2634

  Johnson, Steven R ^a,b   Steiner, Bret M ^a   Perkins, Goldie H ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; RECOMBINANT DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0029883060     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2627-2634.1996     Document Type: Article

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