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[Neisseria meningitidis B and E. coli K1: different genes causing the production of an identical capsule. Preliminary
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift
|December 10, 1983
Abstract:
E. coli of type K 1 and meningococcus of group B have identical capsules. Using gene cloning and nuclear hybridization, the authors show that the genes responsible for capsule production differ in the two bacteria (no DNA homology).