Genomic content of neisseria species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2160-2168

  Tobiason, Deborah M ^a,b   Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARTHAGE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DIPLOIDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAPLOIDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYPLOIDY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 77950681157     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01593-09     Document Type: Article

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