A chromosomally integrated bacteriophage in invasive meningococci

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1905-1913

  Bille, Emmanuelle ^a   Zahar, Jean Ralph ^a   Perrin, Agnes ^a   Morelle, Sandrine ^a   Kriz, Paula ^b   Jolley, Keith A ^c   Maiden, Martin C J ^c   Dervin, Catherine ^d   Nassif, Xavier ^a   Tinsley, Colin R ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE COMPONENTS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INOVIRUS; LINEAR MODELS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROPHAGES;

EID: 22344437098     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20050112     Document Type: Article

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