Neisserial pilin genes display extensive interspecies diversity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 327-334

  Aho, Ellen L ^a   Urwin, Rachel ^b   Batcheller, April E ^a   Holmgren, Alicia M ^a   Havig, Kelly ^a   Kulakoski, Amy M ^a   Vomhof, Emilie E ^a   Longfors, Nancy S ^a   Erickson, Christopher B ^a   Anderson, Zacchary K ^a   Dawlaty, Jahan M ^a   Mueller, Joshua J ^a  

^a Université du Québec à Montréal   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commensal; Neisseria; pilE gene; Pilin

Indexed keywords

PILIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA DENTRIFICANS; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; PHYLOGENY; PILI, SEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA DENITRIFICANS; NEISSERIA ELONGATA; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA;

EID: 23644433514     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.06.035     Document Type: Article

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