Dam inactivation in Neisseria meningitidis: prevalence among diverse hyperinvasive lineages

BACKGROUND: DNA adenine methyltransferase (Dam) activity is absent in many, but not all, disease isolates of Neisseria meningitidis, as a consequence of the insertion of a restriction endonuclease-encoding gene, the 'dam replacing gene' (drg) at the dam locus. Here, we report the results o...

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Autores principales: Jolley, Keith A, Sun, Li, Moxon, E Richard, Maiden, Martin CJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC516771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15339342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-4-34

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC516771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15339342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-4-34

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