Expression in Mycoplasma pneumoniae of the recombinant gene encoding the cytadherence-associated protein HMW1 and identification of HMW4 as a product

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1085-1093

  Hahn, Tae Wook ^a   Krebes, Kathleen A ^a   Krause, Duncan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029911584     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.455985.x     Document Type: Article

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