Repeat‐associated phase variable genes in the complete genome sequence of Neisseria meningitidis strain MC58
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- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 37 (1) , 207-215
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02000.x
Abstract
Phase variation, mediated through variation in the length of simple sequence repeats, is recognized as an important mechanism for controlling the expression of factors involved in bacterial virulence...Keywords
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