Identification of pathogen-specific genes through microarray analysis of pathogenic and commensal Neisseria species

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2907-2922

  Stabler, Richard A ^a,d   Marsden, Gemma L ^a,e   Whitney, Adam A ^a   Li, Yanwen ^b   Bentley, Stephen D ^c   Tang, Christoph M ^b   Hinds, Jason ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP B; NEISSERIAE MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 24944588868     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28099-0     Document Type: Article

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