Phasome analysis of pathogenic and commensal Neisseria species expands the known repertoire of phase variable genes, and highlights common adaptive strategies

Comparative Genome Sequencing Reveals Within-Host Genetic Changes in Neisseria meningitidis during Invasive Disease

(2017) Johanna Klughammer et al.   PLoS One

In-silico prediction and deep-DNA sequencing validation indicate phase variation in 115 Neisseria meningitidis genes

(2016) Emilio Siena et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Distribution of the type III DNA methyltransferases modA, modB and modD among Neisseria meningitidis genotypes: implications for gene regulation and virulence

(2016) Aimee Tan et al.   Scientific Reports

Selection for a CEACAM Receptor-Specific Binding Phenotype during Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection of the Human Genital Tract

(2015) Anna Sintsova et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Cellular and molecular biology ofNeisseria meningitidiscolonization and invasive disease

(2015) Darryl J. Hill et al.   CLINICAL SCIENCE

Phase Variation Mediates Reductions in Expression of Surface Proteins during Persistent Meningococcal Carriage

(2014) M. Alamro et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Distribution and ‘In Vivo’ Phase Variation Status of Haemoglobin Receptors in Invasive Meningococcal Serogroup B Disease: Genotypic and Phenotypic Analysis

(2013) Jay Lucidarme et al.   PLoS One

Prevalence and Phase Variable Expression Status of Two Autotransporters, NalP and MspA, in Carriage and Disease Isolates of Neisseria meningitidis

(2013) Neil J. Oldfield et al.   PLoS One

Role of a short tandem leucine/arginine repeat in strong mutator phenotype acquisition in a clinical isolate ofSalmonellaTyphimurium

(2012) Hervé Le Bars et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Variation of Intragenic Tandem Repeat Tract of tolA Modulates Escherichia coli Stress Tolerance

(2012) Kai Zhou et al.   PLoS One

Persistence, Replacement, and Rapid Clonal Expansion of Meningococcal Carriage Isolates in a 2008 University Student Cohort

(2010) F. A. Bidmos et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genome Sequencing Reveals Widespread Virulence Gene Exchange among Human Neisseria Species

(2010) Pradeep Reddy Marri et al.   PLoS One

Variation in expression of HMW1 and HMW2 adhesins in invasive nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates

(2008) Maria Giufrè et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Neisseria meningitidis Escape from the Bactericidal Activity of a Monoclonal Antibody Is Mediated by Phase Variation of lgtG and Enhanced by a Mutator Phenotype

(2008) C. D. Bayliss et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Complete Genome Sequence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae NCCP11945

(2008) G. T. Chung et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY