Insertion mutations in pilE differentially alter gonococcal pilin antigenic variation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 6133-6141

  Howell Adams, Becky ^a,b   Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0032878817     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.6133-6141.1999     Document Type: Article

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