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Table 3 Clinical strains of N. gonorrhoeae and their expression of XNG0663.

From: Strain-specific differences in Neisseria gonorrhoeae associated with the phase variable gene repertoire

Gonococcal Strain

Site of Isolation

Composition of poly-C tract

Composition of poly-T tract

Gene expression*

25527

Blood

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

25563

Blood

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

26034

Blood

CCCCTCC

(T)6

OFF

26241

Blood

CCCCTCC

(T)6

OFF

26593

Blood

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

25534

Joint fluid

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

25562

Joint fluid

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

26399

Joint fluid

CCCCTCC

(T)7

ON

26775

Joint fluid

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

27706

GC

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

27833

GC

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

27886

GC

CCCCTCC

(T)6

OFF

27921

GC

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

28197

GC

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

28252

GC

CCCCTCC

(T)6

ON

28386

GC

CCCCTCC

(T)7

ON

  1. * Gene expression also depends on the presence or absence of an adenine residue between the two tracts. Therefore strains with the same poly-T repeat can be in the open reading frame or be frame-shifted.
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