Iron availability regulates DNA recombination in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1075-1086

  Serkin, C D ^a   Seifert, H S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DNA RECOMBINATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; IRON; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033813128     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02058.x     Document Type: Article

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