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AFP gene

Known as: alpha fetoprotein, AFP, FETA 
This gene plays a role in fetal progression.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Emergence of a new Neisseria meningitidis clonal complex 11 lineage 11.2 clade as an effective urogenital pathogen
Significance Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) remains a leading cause of meningitis and rapidly fatal sepsis in otherwise healthy… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria species in the African meningitis belt
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Persistent low carriage of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidistwo years after mass vaccination with the meningococcal conjugate vaccine, MenAfriVac
BackgroundThe conjugate vaccine against serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis (NmA), MenAfriVac, is currently being introduced… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Baseline Meningococcal Carriage in Burkina Faso before the Introduction of a Meningococcal Serogroup A Conjugate Vaccine
ABSTRACT The serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine MenAfriVac has the potential to confer herd immunity by reducing… 
2011
2011
Genetic characterisation of the emerging invasive Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y in Sweden, 2000 to 2010.
Neisseria meningitidis serogroups B and C have been responsible for the majority of invasive meningococcal disease in Europe… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Persistence, Replacement, and Rapid Clonal Expansion of Meningococcal Carriage Isolates in a 2008 University Student Cohort
ABSTRACT A study of meningococcal carriage dynamics was performed with a cohort of 190 first-year students recruited from six… 
2010
2010
Phenotypic and molecular characterization of invasive serogroup W135 Neisseria meningitidis strains from 1990 to 2005 in Brazil.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, Germany
Meningococcal disease clustering was found by DNA sequence–based finetyping and cluster detection software. 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Distribution of Surface Protein Variants among Hyperinvasive Meningococci: Implications for Vaccine Design
ABSTRACT The bacterium Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of meningitis and septicemia worldwide. Outer membrane proteins… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Two regulatory domains flank the mouse H19 gene
The mouse H19 gene was identified by virtue of its coordinate regulation with the mouse alpha-fetoprotein gene. Both genes are… 
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