Divergence and transcriptional analysis of the division cell wall (dcw) gene cluster in Neisseria spp.

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 431-442

  Snyder, Lori A S ^a,b   Shafer, William M ^b,c   Saunders, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0037238497     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03204.x     Document Type: Article

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