The P200 protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae shows common features with the cytadherence-associated proteins HMW1 and HMW3

Gene

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-82

  Proft, Thomas ^a,b   Hilbert, Helmut ^a   Plagens, Helga ^a   Herrmann, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abnormal migration in SDS PAGE; Bacterial cytoskeleton; Proline rich protein; Triton X 100 insoluble fraction

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TRITON X 100;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029886091     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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