Figure 7From: Microarray genomotyping of key experimental strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae reveals gene complement diversity and five new neisserial genes associated with Minimal Mobile Elements. The MME flanked by two hypothetical genes. This MME contains an intergenic sequence in N. gonorrhoeae strain FA1090 [16], and a hypothetical gene in N. meningitidis strain Z2491 [30]. In N. gonorrhoeae strain FA19 (AY386271) there is a homologue of the meningococcal CDS, which has been disrupted by a CREE 44 bp into the gene. The CREE in this location introduces a termination codon and generates a frame-shift. However, it also generates a potential promoter 5' of a potential ribosomal binding site and secondary initiation codon internal to NMA2121. This is the point of a chromosomal rearrangement in N. meningitidis strains MC58 [29] and FAM18. Similar genes are indicated in the same colour.Back to article page