The opcA and ψopcB regions in Neisseria: Genes, pseudogenes, deletions, insertion elements and DNA islands

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 635-650

  Zhu, Pelxuan ^a   Morelli, Giovanna ^a   Achtman, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; INVASIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IMMUNOGENICITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSEUDOGENES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032768077     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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