Sequence analysis and characterization of the hmw gene cluster of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Gene

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-25

  Dirksen, Laurie Barsh ^a,c   Proft, Thomas ^b   Hilbert, Helmut ^b   Plagens, Helga ^b   Herrmann, Richard ^b   Krause, Duncan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Cytadherence; Cytoskeleton; Operon; Phosphoprotein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029992092     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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