Natural transformation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: From DNA donation to homologous recombination

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 376-385

  Hamilton, Holly L ^a   Dillard, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOGENESIS; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME; DNA BINDING; GENE SEQUENCE; GONORRHEA; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 33645065353     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04964.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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