Reiterated repeat region variability in the ciliary adhesin gene of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1931-1942

  Wilton, Jody L ^a,c   Scarman, Anthony L ^b,c   Walker, Mark J ^a   Djordjevic, Steven P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Antigenic size variation; Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HYPOPNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA FLOCCULARE; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS; NEGIBACTERIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0031877531     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1931     Document Type: Article

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