doi: 10.1128/JB.00280-10.
Epub 2010 May 14.
Frequency and rate of pilin antigenic variation of Neisseria meningitidis
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- DOI: 10.1128/JB.00280-10
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Frequency and rate of pilin antigenic variation of Neisseria meningitidis
J Bacteriol.
2010 Jul.
Abstract
The rates of pilin antigenic variation (Av) of two strains of Neisseria meningitidis were determined using an unbiased DNA sequencing assay. Strain MC58 underwent pilin Av at a rate similar to that of N. gonorrhoeae strain MS11 but lower than that of N. gonorrhoeae strain FA1090. Pilin Av was undetectable in strain FAM18.
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