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The majority of genes in the pathogenic Neisseria species are present in non-pathogenic Neisseria lactamica, including those designated as 'virulence genes'

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Background: Neisseria meningitidis causes the life-threatening diseases meningococcal meningitis and meningococcal septicemia. Neisseria gonorrhoeae is closely related to the meningococcus, but is the cause of the very different infection, gonorrhea. A number of genes have been implicated in the virulence of these related yet distinct pathogens, but the genes that define and differentiate the species and their behaviours have not been established. Further, a related species, Neisseria lactami...

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10.1186/1471-2164-7-128

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University of Oxford
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MSD
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Pathology Dunn School
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Institution:
University of Oxford
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MSD
Department:
Pathology Dunn School
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Bacterial Pathogenesis and Functional Genomics Group
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Saunders, N
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BioMed Central Publisher's website
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BMC Genomics Journal website
Volume:
7
Article number:
128
Publication date:
2006-05-30
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2006-05-30
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1471-2164
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English
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2008-03-14

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