Construction of a genomic map of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis ATCC 25238 and physical mapping of virulence-associated genes

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 299-303

  Nguyen, K T ^a   Hansen, E J ^b   Farinha, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome analysis; Moraxella catarrhalis; Physical map; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 9; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RRNA OPERON; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032868802     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-45-4-299     Document Type: Article

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