Organization and transcription of the division cell wall (dcw) cluster in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Gene

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-151

  Francis, Finola ^a   Ramirez Arcos, Sandra ^a   Salimnia, Hossein ^a   Victor, Charles ^a   Dillon, Jo Anne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell division; Correia element; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Promoter; Regulation; Transcriptional terminator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034720815     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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