Antigenic topology of the P29 surface lipoprotein of Mycoplasma fermentans: Differential display of epitopes results in high-frequency phase variation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1800-1809

  Theiss, Patty ^a   Karpas, Arthur ^b   Wise, Kim S ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

EID: 0029961984     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.5.1800-1809.1996     Document Type: Article

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