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Thermoregulation of Meningococcal fHbp, an Important Virulence Factor and Vaccine Antigen, Is Mediated by Anti-ribosomal Binding Site Sequences in the Open Reading Frame

During colonisation of the upper respiratory tract, bacteria are exposed to gradients of temperatures. Neisseria meningitidis is often present in the nasopharynx of healthy individuals, yet can occasionally cause severe disseminated disease. The meningococcus can evade the human complement system us...

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Autores principales: Loh, Edmund, Lavender, Hayley, Tan, Felicia, Tracy, Alexander, Tang, Christoph M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4999090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27560142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005794