Analysis of 0.5-kilobase-pair repeats in the Mycoplasma hominis lmp gene system and identification of gene products

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2775-2784

  Ladefoged, Søren A ^a   Jensen, Lise Torp ^a   Brock, Birgitte ^a   Birkelund, Svend ^a   Christiansen, Gunna ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 0029913409     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2775-2784.1996     Document Type: Article

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