Genetic diversity of the streptococcal competence (com) gene locus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3144-3154

  Whatmore, Adrian M ^a   Barcus, Victoria A ^a   Dowson, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032909885     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3144-3154.1999     Document Type: Article

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