Regulation of the promoter for capsular polysaccharide synthesis in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B by HTH_XRE family transcription factor

ABSTRACT The capsular polysaccharide synthesis (cps) locus of Neisseria meningitidis is implicated in invasive meningococcal disease. The synthesis (synABCD) and transport (ctrABCD) operons are transcribed in opposite directions from a common intergenic region, and the expression is negatively regul...

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Main Authors: Iyinoluwa Sofowora, Pumtiwitt McCarthy, James Wachira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03301-24
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