Identification of opcA gene in Neisseria polysaccharea: Interspecies diversity of Opc protein family

Gene

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-40

  Zhu, Peixuan ^a   Klutch, Michael J ^a   Derrick, Jeremy P ^b   Prince, Stephen M ^b   Tsang, Raymond S W ^c   Tsai, Chao Ming ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neisseria; Neisseria polysaccharea; opcA gene

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CANIS; NEISSERIA CAVIAE; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NEISSERIA FLAVESCENS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA OVIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NEISSERIA WEAVERII; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MORAXELLA CAVIAE; MORAXELLA OVIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CANIS; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NEISSERIA FLAVESCENS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; OVIS;

EID: 0346037292     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)01208-8     Document Type: Article

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