Molecular dissection of Mycoplasma hominis

APMIS, Supplement

Volumn 108, Issue 97, 2000, Pages 5-45

  Ladefoged, Søren A ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LATENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P120; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLLICUTES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0033630949     PISSN: 0903465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apm.2000.108.s97.5     Document Type: Review

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