Promoter strenght influences phase variation of neisserial opa genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-135

  Belland, Robert J ^a   Morrison, S G ^a   Carlson, John H ^a   Hogan, Daniel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; OPA PROTEIN, NEISSERIA; OPACITY PROTEINS;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030614607     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.1971556.x     Document Type: Article

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