Transposon mutagenesis reinforces the correlation between Mycoplasma pneumoniae cytoskeletal protein HMW2 and cytadherence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2668-2677

  Krause, Duncan C ^a,d   Proft, Thomas ^b,c   Hedreyda, Cynthia T ^a   Hilbert, Helmut ^b,c   Plagens, Helga ^b   Herrmann, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d QIAGEN GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030899710     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.8.2668-2677.1997     Document Type: Article

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