Size and genomic location of the pMGA multigene family of Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1429-1435

  Baseggio, Nina ^a   Glew, Michelle D ^a   Markham, Philip F ^a   Whithear, Kevin G ^a   Browning, Glenn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Immune evasion; Mapping; Multigene family; Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029955348     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1429     Document Type: Article

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