Plasmid diversity in neisseriae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 4892-4899

  Van Passel, Mark W J ^a   Van Der Ende, Arie ^a   Bart, Aldert ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33746613633     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.02087-05     Document Type: Article

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