Isolation and characterization of transposon Tn4001-generated, cytadherence-deficient transformants of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-211

  Reddy, Shanker P ^a   Rasmussen, Wanda G ^a   Baseman, Joel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

cytadherence; hemadsorption; Mycoplasma genitalium; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Tn4001; transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMADSORPTION; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030272884     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-8244(96)00060-0     Document Type: Article

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