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Structural and evolutionary inference from molecular variation in Neisseria porins.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 1999
Derrick J P, Urwin R, Suker J, Feavers I M, Maiden M C
Abstract excerpt
The porin proteins of the pathogenic Neisseria species, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis, are important as serotyping antigens, putative vaccine components, and for their proposed role in the intracellular colonization of humans. A three-dimensional structural homology model for Neisseria porins was generated from Escherichia coli porin structures and N. meningitidis PorA and PorB sequences. The...
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