Cloning and characterization of the ponA gene encoding penicillin- binding protein 1 from Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2783-2787

  Ropp, Patricia A ^a   Nicholas, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030934312     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.8.2783-2787.1997     Document Type: Article

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