title: Genetic mechanisms and biological implications of phase variation in pathogenic neisseriae.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Infektgenetik, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: van Putten
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009343:Neisseria / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C050308:opacity proteins; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins