The vsp locus of Mycoplasma bovis: Gene organization and structural features

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5734-5741

  Lysnyansky, Inessa ^a   Sachse, Konrad ^b   Rosenbusch, Ricardo ^c   Levisohn, Sharon ^d   Yogev, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b F I H Protect Consum/Vet Med   (Germany)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032860688     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5734-5741.1999     Document Type: Article

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