Porin variation among clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae over a 10-year period, as determined by Por variable region typing

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1213-1222

  McKnew, Durrie L ^a,c   Lynn, Freyja ^a   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^b   Bash, Margaret C ^a,c,d  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Ctr Biologics Eval Res Food D   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; GENOMIC DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PROBES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PORINS; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037447113     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374563     Document Type: Article

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