Genomic structure of capsular determinants

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 264 I, Issue , 2002, Pages 137-155

  Barrett, B ^a   Ebah, L ^a   Roberts, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036129910     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56031-6_8     Document Type: Review

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