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Identification of opcA gene in Neisseria polysaccharea: interspecies diversity of Opc protein family.
Gene - 27 Mar 2003
Zhu Peixuan, Klutch Michael J, Derrick Jeremy P, Prince Stephen M, Tsang Raymond S W, Tsai Chao-Ming
Abstract excerpt
The gene encoding the outer membrane adhesin/invasin protein OpcA was previously described in the genomes of two pathogenic Neisseria species, N. meningitidis (Nm) and N. gonorrhoeae (Ng). In order to understand the presence or absence of opcA in nonpathogenic Neisseria species, 13 strains of N. polysaccharea (Np), four strains of N. lactamica, three strains of N. subflava and nine strains of other species were...
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