Whole-genome organization and functional properties of miniature DNA insertion sequences conserved in pathogenic Neisseriae

Gene

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 211-222

  Mazzone, Marco ^a   De Gregorio, Eliana ^a   Lavitola, Alfredo ^a   Pagliarulo, Caterina ^a   Alifano, Pietro ^b   Di Nocera, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inverted repeats; Repeated DNA families; RNA hairpin; RNA processing; Transposition

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035980680     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00725-9     Document Type: Article

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