Bacterial genomics: The controlled chaos of shifty pathogens

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2000, Pages

  Faguy, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034729656     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00558-3     Document Type: Review

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