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Type 38 Polysaccharide Capsule |
| Victor ID |
4881 |
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Gene Name |
Type 38 Polysaccharide Capsule |
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Sequence Strain (Species/Organism) |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
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Gene Strand (Orientation) |
? |
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Molecule Role |
Virulence factor |
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Molecule Role Annotation |
MUTATION: an isogenic capsule mutant was attenuated in rabbit model of endophthalmitis (Sanders et al., 2010). |
| References |
Sanders et al., 2010: Sanders M, Norcross E, Robertson ZM, Moore QC, Fratkin J, Marquart ME. The Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule is required for full virulence in pneumococcal endophthalmitis. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 2010; ; . [PubMed: 21051708].
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