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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

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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 the capsule. The organization of the genes required for sialic acid synthesis in serogroups B, C, W135 and Y was...

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PMID: 9439566
DOI: 10.1007/pl00008618

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