Elongated versions of Vlp surface lipoproteins protect Mycoplasma hyorhinis escape variants from growth-inhibiting host antibodies

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1773-1785

  Citti, Christine ^a,b   Kim, Mary F ^a   Wise, Kim S ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0030896417     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.5.1773-1785.1997     Document Type: Article

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