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Polysaccharide capsule |
| Victor ID |
4861 |
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Gene Name |
Polysaccharide capsule |
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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: Non-groupable (acapsular) strains of N. meningitidis are avirulent in an infant mouse model of infection (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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