A gonococcal homologue of meningococcal γ-glutamyl transpeptidase gene is a new type of bacterial pseudogene that is transcriptionally active but phenotypically silent

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Takahashi, Hideyuki ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOGENE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 27544467874     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-56     Document Type: Article

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