Dynamics of the penA gene in serogroup C meningococcal strains

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1010-1014

  Arreaza, Luisa ^a   Alcalá, Belén ^a   Salcedo, Celia ^a   De La Fuente, Laura ^a   Vázquez, Julio A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLONAL VARIATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0037443841     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368170     Document Type: Article

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