Opacity Proteins Increase Neisseria gonorrhoeae Fitness in the Female Genital Tract Due to a Factor under Ovarian Control

The neisserial opacity (Opa) proteins are a family of antigenically distinct outer membrane proteins that undergo phase-variable expression. Opa(+) variants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain FA1090 are selected in a cyclical pattern from the lower genital tract of estradiol-treated mice. Here we show...

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Main Authors: Cole, Jessica G., Fulcher, Nanette B., Jerse, Ann E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010
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Bacterial Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849431/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20100859
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00996-09
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