Identification of acquired DNA in Neisseria lactamica

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-84

  Van Passel, Mark W J ^a   Bart, Aldert ^a   Luyf, Angela C M ^a   Van Kampen, Antoine H C ^a   Van Der Ende, Arie ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anomalous DNA; Horizontal gene transfer; Neisseria lactamica

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADHESIN; ENDONUCLEASE; SUBTILISIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE POOL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE;

NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33747069381     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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