Genome Sequencing Reveals Widespread Virulence Gene Exchange among Human Neisseria Species

• Pradeep Reddy Marri ,

  * E-mail: pradeepm@email.arizona.edu

  Affiliation The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Mary Paniscus,

  Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Nathan J. Weyand ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan J. Weyand, María A. Rendón, Christine M. Calton

  Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• María A. Rendón ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan J. Weyand, María A. Rendón, Christine M. Calton

  Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Christine M. Calton ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan J. Weyand, María A. Rendón, Christine M. Calton

  Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

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• Diana R. Hernández,

  Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Dustin L. Higashi,

  Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Erica Sodergren,

  Affiliation The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• George M. Weinstock,

  Affiliation The Genome Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Steven D. Rounsley,

  Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Magdalene So

  Affiliations The BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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