fbpABC gene cluster in Neisseria meningitidis is transcribed as an operon

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 7166-7171

  Khun, Heng H ^a   Deved, Vinay ^a   Wong, Howard ^b   Lee, B Craig ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034441291     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.7166-7171.2000     Document Type: Article

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