ArticleJournal of bacteriology2010
Frequency and rate of pilin antigenic variation of Neisseria meningitidis.
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- Does DNA replication direct locus-specific recombination during host immune evasion by antigenic variation in the African trypanosome?Current genetics · 2017Review
- Antigenic Variation in Bacterial Pathogens.Microbiology spectrum · 2016Article
- Neisseria meningitidis Type IV Pili Composed of Sequence Invariable Pilins Are Masked by Multisite Glycosylation.PLoS pathogens · 2015Article
- Characterization of a novel antisense RNA in the major pilin locus of Neisseria meningitidis influencing antigenic variation.Journal of bacteriology · 2015Article
- How the Knowledge of Interactions between Meningococcus and the Human Immune System Has Been Used to Prepare Effective Neisseria meningitidis Vaccines.Journal of immunology research · 2015Review
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- Pathogenic Neisseria meningitidis utilizes CD147 for vascular colonization.Nature medicine · 2014Article
- Sequence, distribution and chromosomal context of class I and class II pilin genes of Neisseria meningitidis identified in whole genome sequences.BMC genomics · 2014Article
- The use of high-throughput DNA sequencing in the investigation of antigenic variation: application to Neisseria species.PloS one · 2014Article
- Domain exchange at the 3' end of the gene encoding the fratricide meningococcal two-partner secretion protein A.BMC genomics · 2013Article
- The biology of Neisseria adhesins.Biology · 2013Article
- Attachment and invasion of Neisseria meningitidis to host cells is related to surface hydrophobicity, bacterial cell size and capsule.PloS one · 2013Article
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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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