Transcriptional analysis of the hmw gene cluster of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4978-4985

  Waldo III, Robert H ^a   Popham, Phillip L ^a   Romero Arroyo, Cynthia E ^a   Mothershed, Elizabeth A ^a   Lee, Kyungok K ^a   Krause, Duncan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENE CLUSTER; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032866204     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.4978-4985.1999     Document Type: Article

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