Strain-specific differences in Neisseria gonorrhoeae associated with the phase variable gene repertoire

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jordan, Philip W ^a   Snyder, Lori A S ^a   Saunders, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONORRHEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; SAMPLE SIZE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 21644473811     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-21     Document Type: Article

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