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Neisseria gonorrhoeaeのピルス発現には染色体の再編成が含まれています

T F Meyer, N Mlawer, M So

    Cell
    |August 1, 1982
    PubMed
    まとめ

    ネイセリア・ゴノレア (Neisseria gonorrhoeae) は,感染のためにピルスタンパク質を使用しています. 遺伝子クローンにより,これらの表面タンパク質の喪失は細菌のDNAの再編成を伴うことが明らかになったが,E. coliはそれらを正しく組み立てることができない.

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