Locus information - PorA VR1
Description
- Full name: PorA variable region 1
- Data type: peptide
- Variable length: No limits set
This is the first variable loop region of PorA, the class 1 porin. Sequence variation at this locus, together with that at the PorA VR2 locus, defines meningococcal subtype.
References
- Russell JE, Jolley KA, Feavers IM, Maiden MC, Suker J (2004). PorA variable regions of Neisseria meningitidis. Emerg Infect Dis 10:674-8