Sequence, distribution and chromosomal context of class I and class II pilin genes of Neisseria meningitidis identified in whole genome sequences

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wörmann, Mirka E ^a   Horien, Corey L ^b   Bennett, Julia S ^c   Jolley, Keith A ^c   Maiden, Martin C J ^c   Tang, Christoph M ^a   Aho, Ellen L ^b   Exley, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b and Exercise Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Class I pilin; Class II pilin; Neisseria meningitidis; Type four pilus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILE GENE; PILS GENE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84899080716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-253     Document Type: Article

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