Insertion mutations in pilE differentially alter gonococcal pilin antigenic variation.

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Published in J Bacteriol on October 01, 1999

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B Howell-Adams1, H S Seifert

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1: Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.

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