A putatively phase variable gene (dca) required for natural competence in Neisseria gonorrhoeae but not Neisseria meningitidis is located within the division cell wall (dcw) gene cluster

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1233-1241

  Snyder, L A S ^a   Saunders, N J ^a   Shafer, W M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035140044     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.4.1233-1241.2001     Document Type: Article

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