Sequencing of the porB gene: A step toward a true characterization of Neisseria meningitidis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1087-1091

  Abad, R ^a   Alcala B ^a   Salcedo, C ^a   Enriquez R ^a   Uria M J ^a   Diez, P ^a   Vazquez J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; PROTEIN PORB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEROTYPING;

MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PORINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33750377111     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00211-06     Document Type: Article

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