James Wachira

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Regulation of the Promoter for Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis in Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup B by HTH_XRE Family Transcription Factor

Oct 24, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Iyinoluwa Sofowora |Pumtiwitt McCarthy |James Wachira

AbstractThe 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 expression is negatively regulated by the bacterial two-component system misR/misS and thermosensitive RNA folding.

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