Identification of regions of the chromosome of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae which are specific to the pathogenic Neisseria species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6119-6129

  Perrin, Agnes ^a   Nassif, Xavier ^a   Tinsley, Colin ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0032726371     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.6119-6129.1999     Document Type: Article

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