Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase of Neisseria meningitidis binds human plasminogen via its C-terminal lysine residue

Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of fatal sepsis and meningitis worldwide. As for commensal species of human neisseriae, N. meningitidis inhabits the human nasopharynx and asymptomatic colonization is ubiquitous. Only rarely does the organism invade and survive in the bloodstream leading to...

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Main Authors: Shams, Fariza, Oldfield, Neil J., Lai, Si Kei, Tunio, Sarfraz Ali, Wooldridge, Karl G., Turner, David P.J.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley Open Access 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34182/