Phenotypic switching of variable surface lipoproteins in Mycoplasma bovis involves high-frequency chromosomal rearrangements

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5395-5401

  Lysnyansky, Inessa ^a   Rosengarten, Renate ^a,b   Yogev, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE SWITCHING; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BOS TAURUS; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS;

EID: 0029815277     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.18.5395-5401.1996     Document Type: Article

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