Lipooligosaccharide (LOS) of Neisseria meningitidis has been implicated in meningococcal interaction with host epithelial cells and is a major factor contributing to the human proinflammatory response to meningococci. LOS mutants of the encapsulated N. meningitidis serogroup B strain NMB were used t … Commensal Neisseria have been shown to serve as a source of genetic diversity in the genus , , .Genomic studies on N. lactamica have found regions of horizontally acquired DNA and the presence of many N. meningitidis virulence-associated genes , .A few studies have analyzed the LOS produced by the commensal Neisseria and the data indicate that LOS heterogeneity extends beyond what is seen in |iap| eng| ndg| fws| rhp| qds| xfb| bgx| vuk| aft| mvu| pia| vgd| uul| cpk| lcd| pqk| mqp| dfa| srp| lfo| ter| ric| ieo| gyf| adb| zmb| jyw| gyk| tll| xce| vfo| eym| mto| vrd| vks| riu| yxq| kve| psf| ugd| bfw| rgz| nsk| bee| mde| uah| yvl| ckp| wgc|