The 40- and 90-kDa membrane proteins (ORF6 gene product) of Mycoplasma pneumoniae are responsible for the tip structure formation and P1 (adhesin) association with the Triton shell

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-149

  Layh Schmitt, Gerlinde ^a   Harkenthal, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ORF6 gene product; P1; Tip structure; Triton shell

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRITON X 100;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0032922904     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00133-0     Document Type: Article

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