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We also tested the hypothesis that complement selects for Opa protein expression during infection. Although some Opa\n            <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n            variants of a serum-sensitive derivative of strain FA1090 were more resistant to the bactericidal activity of normal human serum, selection for Opa expression was not abrogated in C3-depleted mice. Finally, as previously reported, Opa\n            <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n            gonococci were more sensitive to serine proteases. Thus, proteases or protease inhibitors may contribute to the observed\n            <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n            selection pattern. We concluded that Opa proteins promote persistence of\n            <jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic>\n            in the female genital tract and that\n            <jats:italic>opa<\/jats:italic>\n            gene phase variation allows gonococci to evade or capitalize upon unidentified host factors of the mammalian reproductive cycle. 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