Transcriptomic buffering of cryptic genetic variation contributes to meningococcal virulence
Abstract Background Commensal bacteria like Neisseria meningitidis sometimes cause serious disease. However, genomic comparison of hyperinvasive and apathogenic lineages did not reveal unambiguous hints towards indispensable virulence factors. Here, in a systems biological approach we compared gene...
Main Authors: | Biju Joseph Ampattu, Laura Hagmann, Chunguang Liang, Marcus Dittrich, Andreas Schlüter, Jochen Blom, Elizaveta Krol, Alexander Goesmann, Anke Becker, Thomas Dandekar, Tobias Müller, Christoph Schoen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-04-01
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Series: | BMC Genomics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-3616-7 |
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