Phase variations of the Mycoplasma penetrans main surface lipoprotein increase antigenic diversity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1569-1578

  Neyrolles, Olivier ^a,c   Chambaud, Isabelle ^a   Ferris, Stéphane ^a   Prevost, Marie Christine ^a   Sasaki, Tsuguo ^b   Montagnier, Luc ^a   Blanchard, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DETERGENT; LIPOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRITON X 114; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033003362     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.4.1569-1578.1999     Document Type: Article

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