Sequence variation in the porA gene of a clone of Neisseria meningitidis during epidemic spread

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 390-395

  Jelfs, J ^a,b   Munro, R ^b   Wedege, E ^a   Caugant, D A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLONE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034063606     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.3.390-395.2000     Document Type: Article

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