Simple sequence repeats in Haemophilus influenzae

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-228

  Power, Peter M ^a   Sweetman, W A ^a   Gallacher, N J ^a   Woodhall, M R ^a   Kumar, G A ^a   Moxon, E R ^a   Hood, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genomes; Haemophilus influenzae; Phase variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 59949095428     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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