Molecular models accounting for the gene conversion reactions mediating gonococcal pilin antigenic variation

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Molecular Microbiology

• Publication date

  2000-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02067.xPMID 10972832
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