CLONING AND SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS OF THE FUR GENE ENCODING AN IRON-REGULATORY PROTEIN OF NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS

被引:27
作者
KARKHOFFSCHWEIZER, RR
SCHRYVERS, AB
SCHWEIZER, HP
机构
[1] Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Unversity of Calgary Health Sciences Center, Calgary
关键词
RECOMBINANT DNA;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(94)90143-0
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The fur gene, encoding an iron-regulatory protein in Neisseria meningitidis strain B16B6, has been cloned and sequenced. Its product showed a high degree of homology to known Fur sequences.
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