Localized frameshift mutation generates selective, high-frequency phase variation of a surface lipoprotein encoded by a mycoplasma ABC transporter operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4013-4022

  Theiss, Patty ^a   Wise, Kim S ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; EVOLUTION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 0030973206     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.4013-4022.1997     Document Type: Article

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