Genetic isolation of meningococci of the electrophoretic type 37 complex

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2570-2575

  Claus, H ^a   Stoevesandt, J ^a   Frosch, M ^a   Vogel, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE TRANSFER; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MENINGOCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0035088774     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.8.2570-2575.2001     Document Type: Article

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