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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Autores principales: Martin J Callaghan, Caroline O Buckee, Keith A Jolley, Paula Kriz, Martin C J Maiden, Sunetra Gupta
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/e81f5b20976c4bdfaec496834502c673
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