Expression of two members of the pMGA gene family of Mycoplasma gallisepticum oscillates and is influenced by pMGA-specific antibodies

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2845-2853

  Markham, Philip F ^a   Glew, Michelle D ^a   Browning, Glenn F ^a   Whithear, Kevin G ^a   Walker, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031867453     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2845-2853.1998     Document Type: Article

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