Genetic mechanisms of bacterial antigenic variation

scientific article published on September 1988

Genetic mechanisms of bacterial antigenic variation is …
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P2093author name stringSeifert HS
So M
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Neisseria meningitidis C114 contains silent, truncated pilin genes that are homologous to Neisseria gonorrhoeae pil sequencesQ39952778
Structural comparison of Neisseria gonorrhoeae outer membrane proteinsQ39974411
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Comparative virulence of opacity variants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain P9.Q40614363
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Transposition of structural genes to an expression sequence on a linear plasmid causes antigenic variation in the bacterium Borrelia hermsiiQ40813837
Antigenic variation is associated with DNA rearrangements in a relapsing fever Borrelia.Q40817913
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Role of pili in the virulence of Neisseria gonorrhoeaeQ40915159
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Recombination among protein II genes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae generates new coding sequences and increases structural variability in the protein II familyQ42638753
Streptococcal M protein size mutants occur at high frequency within a single strainQ42938486
Antigenic heterogeneity of gonococcal piliQ42940296
Localization of antibody-binding sites by sequence analysis of cloned pilin genes from Neisseria gonorrhoeaeQ43442982
Transfer of antibiotic resistance in mixed cultures of Neisseria gonorrhoeaeQ43588170
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Common mechanism controlling phase and antigenic variation in pathogenic neisseriaeQ48342670
P433issue3
P304page(s)327-336
P577publication date1988-09-01
P1433published inMicrobiological ReviewsQ26842868
P1476titleGenetic mechanisms of bacterial antigenic variation
P478volume52

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