Molecular characterization and expression in Escherichia coli of the gene complex encoding the polysaccharide capsule of Neisseria meningitidis group B.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 01, 1989

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M Frosch1, C Weisgerber, T F Meyer

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1: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany.

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