Molecular characterization of a gene encoding a membrane protein of Spiroplasma citri

Gene

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-100

  Ye, Fengchun ^a,b   Melcher, Ulrich ^a   Fletcher, Jacqueline ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Mycoplasma; Primer extension; Recombinant protein; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROPLASMA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030939483     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00840-2     Document Type: Article

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