Genomic rearrangements in Neisseria meningitidis strains of the ET-5 complex

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 372-379

  Frøholm, L Oddvar ^a,b   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a   Berner, Jean Marie ^a   Caugant, Dominique A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME MAP; EPIDEMIC; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034076489     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002840010073     Document Type: Article

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