Genomic, transcriptional and phenotypic analysis of ftsE and ftsX of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

DNA Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-81

  Bernatchez, Stéphane ^a,c   Francis, Finola M ^a   Salimnia, Hossein ^a   Beveridge, Terry J ^b   Li, Hui ^a   Dillon, Jo Anne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co transcription; FtsE; FtsX; N. gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSE PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSX PROTEIN, BACTERIA; FTSX PROTEIN, E COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034724552     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/7.2.75     Document Type: Article

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