Insertionally inactivated and inducible recA alleles for use in Neisseria

Gene

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-220

  Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA recombination; DNA repair; DNA transformation; lac operon; Pilin variation

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPAIR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE;

ALLELES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REC A RECOMBINASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0030995983     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00810-4     Document Type: Article

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