Sequence analysis of the Mycoplasma arthritidis bacteriophage MAV1 genome identifies the putative virulence factor

Gene

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 101-107

  Voelker, Leroy L ^a   Dybvig, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; Integrase; Repressor; Virulence determinant

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENOME; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; MYCOPLASMATALES; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; VIR;

EID: 0032802432     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00150-X     Document Type: Article

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