Phylogenetic evidence for frequent positive selection and recombination in the meningococcal surface antigen PorB

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1686-1694

  Urwin, Rachel ^a   Holmes, Edward C ^b,c   Fox, Andrew J ^b,c   Derrick, Jeremy P ^d   Maiden, Martin C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Neisseria meningitidis; PorB; Recombination; Selection

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MENINGOCOCCAL SURFACE ANTIGEN PORB; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036791109     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003991     Document Type: Article

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