Vsp antigens and vsp-related DNA sequences in field isolates of Mycoplasma bovis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-110

  Poumarat, François ^a   Le Grand, Dominique ^b   Solsona, Michel ^a   Rosengarten, Renate ^c   Citti, Christine ^c  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Gene family; Genetic variation; Mycoplasma bovis; Variable protein

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; LIPOPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MYCOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EPITOPES; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033067175     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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