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Transcriptomic buffering of cryptic genetic variation contributes to meningococcal virulence.
BMC genomics - 7 Apr 2017
Ampattu Biju Joseph, Hagmann Laura, Liang Chunguang, Dittrich Marcus, Schlüter Andreas, Blom Jochen, Krol Elizaveta, Goesmann Alexander, Becker Anke, Dandekar Thomas, Müller Tobias, Schoen Christoph
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Commensal bacteria like Neisseria meningitidis sometimes cause serious disease. However, genomic comparison of hyperinvasive and apathogenic lineages did not reveal unambiguous hints towards indispensable virulence factors. Here, in a systems biological approach we compared gene expression of the invasive strain MC58 and the carriage strain α522 under different ex vivo conditions mimicking commensal...
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