Evolution of an autotransporter: Domain shuffling and lateral transfer from pathogenic Haemophilus to Neisseria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 4626-4635

  Davis, J ^a   Smith, A L ^a   Hughes, W R ^a   Golomb, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GENE PRODUCT; GUANINE; PROTEIN LAS; PROTEIN LAV; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0034947069     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.15.000-000.2001     Document Type: Article

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