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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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008
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