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<i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> RTX Proteins Are Not Required for Virulence in Infant Rats
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Microbial ToxinMedical MicrobiologyInfant Rat ModelMedicineVirulence FactorPathogenesisImmunologyInfant RatsNumerous Gram-negative PathogensRtx ProteinsPathogen BiologyPathogen CharacterizationMicrobiologyInfection ControlHost-microbe InteractionBacterial PathogensClinical MicrobiologyHost-pathogen Interactions
RTX cytotoxins play an important role in virulence of numerous gram-negative pathogens. Unexpectedly, however, we show here that the RTX proteins of Neisseria meningitidis are dispensable for virulence in the infant rat model of infection.
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