Clonal descent and microevolution of Neisseria meningitidis during 30 years of epidemic spread

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1047-1064

  Morelli, Giovanna ^a   Malorny, Burkhard ^a   Müller, Kerstin ^a   Seiler, Andrea ^a   Wang, Jian Fu ^a,b   Del Valle, Jesus ^a,c   Achtman, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b BioGenex Laboratories   (United States)

^c Inst F Transfusionsmedizin I   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0030885517     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5211882.x     Document Type: Article

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