Variations in gene organization and DNA uptake signal sequence in the folP region between commensal and pathogenic Neisseria species.

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Published in BMC Microbiol on February 17, 2006

Authors

Yvonne Qvarnstrom1, Gote Swedberg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, PO Box 582, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden. bvp2@cdc.gov

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