Population genetics of the porB gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Different dynamics in different homology groups

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 423-436

  Posada, David ^b   Crandall, Keith A ^a   Nguyen, Man ^b   Demma, James C ^b   Viscidi, Raphael P ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Population genetics; PorB, recombination; Selection

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GONORRHEA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS;

DARWINIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033997958     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026322     Document Type: Article

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