Structural Basis for Evasion of Nutritional Immunity by the Pathogenic Neisseriae

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The pathogenic Neisseria species are human-adapted pathogens that cause quite distinct diseases. N. gonorrhoeae causes the common sexually-transmitted infection, gonorrhea while N. meningitidis causes a potentially-lethal form of bacterial meningitis. During infection, both pathogens deploy a number of virulence factors in order to thrive in the host. The focus of this review is on the outer membrane transport...

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