Antibody-mediated selection of a Mycoplasma gallisepticum phenotype expressing variable proteins

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-38

  Gorton, Timothy S ^a   Geary, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody mediated selection; Escape variant; Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Phase variable; Variable expression

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOPLASMA; PHENOTYPE; RABBITS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031461692     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00363-7     Document Type: Article

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