A gonococcal homologue of meningococcal γ-glutamyl transpeptidase gene is a new type of bacterial pseudogene that is transcriptionally active but phenotypically silent

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It has been speculated that the γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (<it>ggt</it>) gene is present only in <it>Neisseria meningitidis </it>and not among related species such as <it>Neisseria gonorrhoeae </it>...

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Main Authors: Watanabe Haruo, Takahashi Hideyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-10-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/5/56

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