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Haemophilus influenzae porine ompP2 gene transfer mediated by graphene oxide nanoparticles with effects on transformation process and virulence bacterial capacity.
Journal of nanobiotechnology - 16 Apr 2014
Varela Julia Nogueira, Amstalden Maria Cecília Krähenbühl, Pereira Rafaella Fabiana Carneiro, de Hollanda Luciana Maria, Ceragioli Helder José, Baranauskas Vitor, Lancellotti Marcelo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: H. influenzae is a natural competent bacterium that can uptake DNA from the environment and recombine into bacterial genome. The outbreaks of Brazilian purpuric fever, heavily polluted areas of a different H. influenzae biogroup - aegyptius - as well as gene transference between Neisseria meningitis make the transformation process an important evolutionary factor. This work studied the horizontal...
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