The recX gene potentiates homologous recombination in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1301-1310

  Stohl, E A ^a   Seifert, H S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RECX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA REPAIR; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPAIR; EPITOPES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0034945546     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02463.x     Document Type: Article

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