Identification of a new variable sequence in the P1 cytadhesin gene of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Evidence for the generation of antigenic variation by DNA recombination between repetitive sequences

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4557-4562

  Kenri, Tsuyoshi ^a   Taniguchi, Rie ^a   Sasaki, Yuko ^a   Okazaki, Norio ^b   Narita, Mitsuo ^c   Izumikawa, Kinichi ^d   Umetsu, Masao ^e   Sasaki, Tsuguo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Sapporo Tetsudo JR Hospital   (Japan)

^d Izumikawa Hospital   (Japan)

^e Hokkaido Children's Hospital and Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032806050     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4557-4562.1999     Document Type: Article

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