Inversion of Moraxella lacunata type 4 pilin gene sequences by a Neisseria gonorrhoeae site-specific recombinase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2382-2388

  Rozsa, Frank W ^a,e   Meyer, Thomas F ^b,c   Fussenegger, Martin ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MORAXELLA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORAXELLA LACUNATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0030900316     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2382-2388.1997     Document Type: Article

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