Description and nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis capsule locus
Description and nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis capsule locus
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Harrison, Odile B , Claus, Heike , Jiang, Ying , Bennett, Julia S , Bratcher, Holly B , Jolley, Keith A , Corton, Craig , Care, Rory , Poolman, Jan T , Zollinger, Wendell D , Frasch, Carl E , Stephens, David S , Feavers, Ian , Frosch, Matthias , Parkhill, Julian , Vogel, Ulrich , Quail, Michael A , Bentley, Stephen D and Maiden, Martin C J
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United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
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United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
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Pathogenic Neisseria meningitidis isolates contain a polysaccharide capsule that is the main virulence determinant for this bacterium. Thirteen capsular polysaccharides have been described, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has enabled determination of the structure of capsular polysaccharides responsible for serogroup specificity. Molecu...
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Description and nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis capsule locus
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Claus, Heike
Jiang, Ying
Bennett, Julia S
Bratcher, Holly B
Jolley, Keith A
Corton, Craig
Care, Rory
Poolman, Jan T
Zollinger, Wendell D
Frasch, Carl E
Stephens, David S
Feavers, Ian
Frosch, Matthias
Parkhill, Julian
Vogel, Ulrich
Quail, Michael A
Bentley, Stephen D
Maiden, Martin C J
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_0b24a4052f834bb29e0e0c22a5d7d14f
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_0b24a4052f834bb29e0e0c22a5d7d14f
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1080-6040
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1080-6059
DOI
10.3201/eid1904.111799
