Intraspecies polymorphism of vsp genes and expression profiles of variable surface protein antigens (Vsps) in field isolates of Mycoplasma bovis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 189-203

  Beier, Thomas ^a   Hotzel, Helmut ^a   Lysnyansky, Inessa ^b   Grajetzki, Christine ^a   Heller, Martin ^a   Rabeling, Barbara ^a   Yogev, David ^b   Sachse, Konrad ^a  

^a Fed Inst Hlth Protect C   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Field isolates; Mycoplasma bovis; Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); Surface proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031756189     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00238-7     Document Type: Article

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