Molecular and biological analysis of eight genetic islands that distinguish Neisseria meningitidis from the closely related pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2082-2095

  Klee, Silke R ^a   Nassif, Xavier ^b   Kusecek, Barica ^a   Merker, Petra ^a   Beretti, Jean Luc ^b   Achtman, Mark ^a   Tinsley, Colin R ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE LIBRARY; GONORRHEA; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034062859     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.2082-2095.2000     Document Type: Article

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