Rapid divergence of two classes of haemophilus ducreyi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2941-2947

  Ricotta, Emily E ^a,d   Wang, Nan ^b,e   Cutler, Robin ^b,f   Lawrence, Jeffrey G ^c   Humphreys, Tricia L ^a,b  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI;

EID: 79958061879     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01400-10     Document Type: Article

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