Mechanism of antigenic variation in Mycoplasma pulmonis: Interwoven, site-specific DNA inversions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 703-714

  Bhugra, Bindu ^a,b   Voelker, LeRoy L ^a   Zou, Nianxiang ^a   Yu, Huilan ^a   Dybvig, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA RESTRICTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029562827     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_18040703.x     Document Type: Article

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