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LOS |
| Victor ID |
4860 |
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Gene Name |
LOS |
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Sequence Strain (Species/Organism) |
Neisseria meningitidis |
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Gene Strand (Orientation) |
? |
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Molecule Role |
Virulence factor |
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Molecule Role Annotation |
MUTATION: Isolates with an immunotype other than L3,7,9 were less virulent in infant mouse model than N. menigitidis strains with the L2,7,9 LOS immunotype (Mackinnon et al., 1993).
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| References |
Mackinnon et al., 1993: Mackinnon FG, Borrow R, Gorringe AR, Fox AJ, Jones DM, Robinson A. Demonstration of lipooligosaccharide immunotype and capsule as virulence factors for Neisseria meningitidis using an infant mouse intranasal infection model. Microbial pathogenesis. 1993; 15(5); 359-366. [PubMed: 7912406].
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