Characterization of a class II pilin expression locus from Neisseria meningitidis: Evidence for increased diversity among pilin genes in pathogenic Neisseria species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2613-2620

  Aho, Ellen L ^a   Botten, Jason W ^a   Hall, Rebecca J ^a   Larson, Mark K ^a   Ness, Jennifer K ^a  

^a Université du Québec à Montréal   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030968981     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2613-2620.1997     Document Type: Article

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