Adherence of Mycoplasma gallisepticum involves variable surface membrane proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2468-2471

  Athamna, A ^a   Rosengarten, R ^a,c   Levisohn, S ^b   Kahane, I ^a   Yogev, D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHICKEN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0030997331     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.6.2468-2471.1997     Document Type: Article

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