Distribution of a family of Haemophilus influenzae genes containing CCAA nucleotide repeating units

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 303-309

  Morton, Daniel J ^a   Stull, Terrence L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Hemoglobin; Hemoglobin binding protein; Nucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

HAPTOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LOCUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMOGLOBINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0032911471     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00154-8     Document Type: Article

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