Differential posttranslational processing confers intraspecies variation of a major surface lipoprotein and a macrophage-activating lipopeptide of Mycoplasma fermentans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 760-771

  Calcutt, Michael J ^a   Kim, Mary F ^a   Karpas, Arthur B ^b   Mühlradt, Peter F ^c   Wise, Kim S ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPEPTIDE; LIPOPROTEIN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING FACTOR; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING LIPOPEPTIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPECIES;

MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS;

EID: 0032913021     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.760-771.1999     Document Type: Article

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