Frequent interspecific genetic exchange between commensal neisseriae and Neisseria meningitidis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1049-1058

  Linz, Bodo ^a   Schenker, Martin ^a   Zhu, Peixuan ^a   Achtman, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ENZYME; MENINGITIS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; GAMBIA; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNITY; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0034040329     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01932.x     Document Type: Review

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