The Hypervariable Region of Meningococcal Major Pilin PilE Controls the Host Cell Response via Antigenic Variation

ABSTRACT Type IV pili (Tfp) are expressed by many Gram-negative bacteria to promote aggregation, adhesion, internalization, twitching motility, or natural transformation. Tfp of Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of cerebrospinal meningitis, are involved in the colonization of human nasopha...

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Autores principales: Florence Miller, Gilles Phan, Terry Brissac, Coralie Bouchiat, Ghislaine Lioux, Xavier Nassif, Mathieu Coureuil
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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