Comparative whole-genome analyses reveal over 100 putative phase-variable genes in the pathogenic Neisseria spp.

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2321-2332

  Snyder, L A S ^a   Butcher, S A ^a   Saunders, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genome analysis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neisseria meningitidis; Phase variation; Repeat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; INFORMATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0034875104     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-8-2321     Document Type: Article

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