Deletion of the Correia element in the mtr gene complex of Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1055-1060

  Enríquez, Rocío ^a   Abad, Raquel ^a   Chanto, Grettel ^b   Corso, Alejandra ^c   Cruces, Raquel ^a   Gabastou, Jean Marc ^d   Gorla, María Cecilia ^e   Maldonado, Aurora ^f   Moreno, Jaime ^g   Rouzic, Erwan Muros Le ^h   Sorhouet, Cecilia ^c   Vázquez, Julio A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b PROYECTO EPIDEMIOLÓGICO GUANACASTE   (Costa Rica)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^h SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CORREIA ELEMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; INVERTED REPEAT; MTR GENE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 77956526541     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.021220-0     Document Type: Article

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