Asymmetrical distribution of Neisseria miniature insertion sequence DNA repeats among pathogenic and nonpathogenic Neisseria strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4217-4221

  De Gregorio, Eliana ^a   Abrescia, Chiara ^a   Carlomagno, M Stella ^a   Di Nocera, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBONUCLEASE III;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MINIATURE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0037972291     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.4217-4221.2003     Document Type: Article

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