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Promoter strength influences phase variation of neisserial opa genes.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Jan 1997

Belland R J, Morrison S G, Carlson J H, Hogan D M

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The opa multigene family of Neisseria gonorrhoeae encodes 11 related outer-membrane proteins which phase vary in vitro and in vivo. Illegitimate recombination within direct pentameric DNA repeats, encoding the signal-peptide region of pre-Opas, leads to switches in expression states. Despite the conserved nature of the variation mechanism, specific genes are expressed at high frequencies in the transition from...

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PMID: 9004226
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.1971556.x

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