A gonococcal porA pseudogene: Implications for understanding the evolution and pathogenicity of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 647-656

  Feavers, Ian M ^a   Maiden, Martin C J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PORIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EVOLUTION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY; PORINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOGENES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENINGOCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031767021     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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