Deletion of fetA gene sequences in serogroup B and C Neisseria meningitidis isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1333-1335

  Marsh, Jane W ^a   O'Leary, Mary M ^a,b   Shutt, Kathleen A ^a   Harrison, Lee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FETA GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 34247199539     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02422-06     Document Type: Article

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