Occurrence and structure-function relationship of pentameric short sequence repeats in microbial genomes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 617-626

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Van Leeuwen, Willem ^a   Scherer, Stewart ^b   Verbrugh, Henri ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROSETTA INPHARMATICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Molecular switch; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Pasteurella haemolytica; Short sequence repeat; Slipped strand mispairing; Whole genome sequence

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

BASE MISPAIRING; BASE PAIRING; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PASTEURELLA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033389541     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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