Mycoplasma genetic variation and its implication for pathogenesis

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 109, Issue 14-15, 1997, Pages 562-568

  Citti, Christine ^a   Rosengarten, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

immune evasion; mycoplasmas; pathogenesis; surface antigenic variation; variable lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030807121     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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