Tetrameric repeat units associated with virulence factor phase variation in Haemophilus also occur in Neisseria spp. and Moraxella catarrhalis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Peak, Ian R A ^a   Jennings, Michael P ^a   Hood, Derek W ^a   Bisercic, Marina ^a   Moxon, E Richard ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemophilus; Moraxella; Neisseria; Pathogenicity; Phase variation; Tetrameric repeats

Indexed keywords

TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029927408     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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