The Landscape of Realized Homologous Recombination in Pathogenic Bacteria [PDF]
, 2015 Recombination enhances the adaptive potential of organisms by allowing genetic variants to be tested on multiple genomic backgrounds. Its distribution in the genome can provide insight into the evolutionary forces that underlie traits, such as the ...
Didelot, X +6 more
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Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 Outer Membrane Vesicles as a Platform for Complement Activation
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2026.Basic characteristics and biological activity of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) secreted by Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 (YeO3), depending on LPS chemotype and growth temperature. ABSTRACT Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major component of the outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) of Gram‐negative bacteria.
Cédric Battaglino +15 more
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Burden of severe maternal morbidity and association with adverse birth outcomes in sub–Saharan Africa and south Asia: protocol for a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2016 Background Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and septicemia in children and young adults worldwide. The disease burden associated with N. meningitidis infections has not been systematically assessed in China.
Hurt, Lisa
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REPIN population analysis in 130 Neisseria meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae genomes
, 2021 Frederic Bertels +2 more
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Structural basis for the toxic activity of MafB2 from maf genomic island 2 (MGI-2) in N. meningitidis B16B6. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Park SH, Jeong SJ, Ha SC.
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Properdin and factor H: Opposing players on the alternative complement pathway "see-saw" [PDF]
, 2013 This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Properdin and factor H are two key regulatory proteins having opposite functions in the alternative complement pathway.
Abdul-Aziz, M +5 more
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A Systematic Review of Cases of Meningitis in the Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis on Lumbar Puncture [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Definitive diagnosis of meningitis is made by analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) obtained from a lumbar puncture (LP), which may take days.
Pettigrew, Alexis, Troendle, Michelle
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase of Neisseria meningitidis binds human plasminogen via its C-terminal lysine residue [PDF]
, 2016 Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of fatal sepsis and meningitis worldwide. As for commensal species of human neisseriae, N. meningitidis inhabits the human nasopharynx and asymptomatic colonization is ubiquitous.
Lai, Si Kei +5 more
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Structural Basis for Catalysis by the Mono- and Dimetalated Forms of the \u3cem\u3edapE\u3c/em\u3e-Encoded \u3cem\u3eN\u3c/em\u3e-succinyl-L,L-Diaminopimelic Acid Desuccinylase [PDF]
, 2010 Biosynthesis of lysine and meso-diaminopimelic acid in bacteria provides essential components for protein synthesis and construction of the bacterial peptidoglycan cell wall. The dapE operon enzymes synthesize both meso-diaminopimelic acid and lysine and,
Fan, Yao +4 more
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Critical determinants of host receptor targeting by Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae : identification of Opa adhesiotopes on the N‐domain of CD66 molecules [PDF]
, 1999 Mumtaz Virji +5 more
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