Allelic polymorphism and site-specific recombination in the opc locus of Neisseria meningitidis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 841-856

  Seiler, Andrea ^a   Reinhardt, Richard ^a   Sarkari, Jasmine ^a,c   Caugant, Dominique A ^b   Achtman, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0030046525     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.437970.x     Document Type: Article

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