The porA pseudogene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Low level of genetic polymorphism and a few, mainly identical, inactivating mutations

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 410-419

  Unemo, Magnus ^a   Norlén, Olov ^a   Fredlund, Hans ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic polymorphism; Inactivation; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; porA; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PORIN; PORIN A; PROTEIN PORB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORINS; PSEUDOGENES;

EID: 21844480373     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_206.x     Document Type: Article

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