Competence for natural transformation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A model system for studies of horizontal genetransfer

APMIS, Supplement

Volumn 106, Issue 84, 1998, Pages 56-61

  Koomey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PILT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0031987114     PISSN: 0903465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.1998.tb05649.x     Document Type: Article

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