Domain-specific rearrangement between the two Arg-gingipain-encoding genes in Porphyromonas gingivalis: Possible involvement of nonreciprocal recombination

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-196

  Nakayama, Koji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Porphyromonas gingivalis rgp genes; Recombinational rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030891894     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01189.x     Document Type: Article

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