The simple sequence contingency loci of Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 657-662

  Bayliss, Christopher D ^a,b   Field, Dawn ^a   Moxon, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0035107767     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/jci12557     Document Type: Review

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