Molecular divergence of the sia locus in different serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis expressing polysialic acid capsules.

doi:10.1007/pl00008618

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Molecular divergence of the sia locus in different serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis expressing polysialic acid capsules.

Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Dec 1997

Claus H, Vogel U, Mühlenhoff M, Gerardy-Schahn R, Frosch M

Abstract excerpt

The serogroups B, C, W135 and Y of Neisseria meningitidis express chemically and immunologically distinct capsular polysaccharides containing sialic acid. In the case of serogroup B meningococci sialic acid is synthesized by the gene products of a locus termed sia and forms the homopolymers of th...

Topics

Biological Evolution
Cloning, Molecular
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Neisseria meningitidis
Open Reading Frames
Recombinant Proteins
Sequence Analysis
Serotyping
Sialic Acids
Sialyltransferases

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PMID: 9439566
DOI: 10.1007/pl00008618

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