Sequence features contributing to chromosomal rearrangements in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Spencer Smith, Russell ^a   Varkey, Eldho M ^b   Fielder, Mark D ^b   Snyder, Lori A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PILIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION Y; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILIN GENE; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPENCER SMITH REPEAT ENCLOSED ELEMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNTENY; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84874534839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046023     Document Type: Article

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