Mycoplasma synoviae has two distinct phase-variable major membrane antigens, one of which is a putative hemagglutinin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2542-2547

  Noormohammadi, A H ^a   Markham, P F ^a   Whithear, K G ^a   Walker, I D ^a   Gurevich, V A ^a   Ley, D H ^b   Browning, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; GENE CLUSTER; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0030965130     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2542-2547.1997     Document Type: Article

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