The gonococcal vaccine candidate antigen NGO1701 is a N. gonorrhoeae periplasmic copper storage protein

Shea K. Roe; Rafał Mazgaj; Tianmou Zhu; Mariam Esmaeeli; Lisa A. Lewis; Caroline Genco; Kevin J. Waldron; Paola Massari

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1013559

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The gonococcal vaccine candidate antigen NGO1701 is a N. gonorrhoeae periplasmic copper storage protein

Shea K. Roe,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rafał Mazgaj,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
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Tianmou Zhu,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mariam Esmaeeli,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
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Lisa A. Lewis,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Caroline Genco,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kevin J. Waldron ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: paola.massari@tufts.edu (PM); kwaldron@ibb.waw.pl (KJW)

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
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Paola Massari

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: paola.massari@tufts.edu (PM); kwaldron@ibb.waw.pl (KJW)

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3106-0711

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The gonococcal vaccine candidate antigen NGO1701 is a N. gonorrhoeae periplasmic copper storage protein

Shea K. Roe,
Rafał Mazgaj,
Tianmou Zhu,
Mariam Esmaeeli,
Lisa A. Lewis,
Caroline Genco,
Kevin J. Waldron,
Paola Massari

Published: October 9, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013559

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