N. elongata Produces Type IV Pili That Mediate Interspecies Gene Transfer with N. gonorrhoeae

The genus Neisseria contains at least eight commensal and two pathogenic species. According to the Neisseria phylogenetic tree, commensals are basal to the pathogens. N. elongata, which is at the opposite end of the tree from N. gonorrhoeae, has been observed to be fimbriated, and these fimbriae are...

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Autores principales: Higashi, Dustin L., Biais, Nicolas, Weyand, Nathan J., Agellon, Al, Sisko, Jennifer L., Brown, Lewis M., So, Magdalene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021373

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3120873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021373

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