Extensive surface diversity of a commensal microorganism by multiple DNA inversions

Nature

Volumn 414, Issue 6863, 2001, Pages 555-558

  Krinos, Corinna M ^a   Coyne, Michael J ^a   Weinacht, Katja G ^a   Tzianabos, Arthur O ^a   Kasper, Dennis L ^a,b   Comstock, Laurie E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; DNA; ECOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

INTESTINAL TRACTS;

MICROORGANISMS;

COMMENSAL; DNA; MICROORGANISM;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLON; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035969489     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35107092     Document Type: Article

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