Variations in gene organization and DNA uptake signal sequence in the folP region between commensal and pathogenic Neisseria species

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Qvarnstrom, Yvonne ^a,b   Swedberg, Gote ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFONAMIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE ORDER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645556037     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-11     Document Type: Article

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