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The Effect of Immune Selection on the Structure of the Meningococcal Opa Protein Repertoire
The opa genes of the Gram negative bacterium Neisseria meningitidis encode Opacity-associated outer membrane proteins whose role is to promote adhesion to the human host tissue during colonisation and invasion. Each meningococcus contains 3–4 opa loci, each of which may be occupied by one of a large...
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| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2265424/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18369470 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000020 |