Molecular characterization of Mycoplasma arthritidis variable surface protein MAA2

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2576-2586

  Washburn, Leigh Rice ^a,b   Weaver, Keith E ^a   Weaver, Elizabeth J ^a   Donelan, Wendy ^a   Al Sheboul, Suhaila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS;

EID: 0031840635     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2576-2586.1998     Document Type: Article

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