Locus information - hmbR

Description

• Product: Haemoglobin receptor protein
• Data type: DNA
• Variable length: No limits set
• Coding sequence

The complete hmbR gene containing uncorrected number of polyG nucleotides in the repeat tract. Original hmbR sequences in the database were partial and had the repeat tract set to 9 to encode a functional protein.

Aliases

This locus is also known as:

• NMA1925
• NMB1668
• NMC1586
• hmbR

References

• Evans NJ, Harrison OB, Clow K, Derrick JP, Feavers IM, Maiden MC (2010). Variation and molecular evolution of HmbR, the Neisseria meningitidis haemoglobin receptor. Microbiology 156:1384-93
• Harrison OB, Evans NJ, Blair JM, Grimes HS, Tinsley CR, Nassif X, Kriz P, Ure R, Gray SJ, Derrick JP, Maiden MC, Feavers IM (2009). Epidemiological evidence for the role of the hemoglobin receptor, hmbR, in meningococcal virulence. J Infect Dis 200:94-8