pMGA phenotypic variation in Mycoplasma gallisepticum occurs in vivo and is mediated by trinucleotide repeat length variation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 6027-6033

  Glew, M D ^a   Browning, G F ^a   Markham, P F ^a   Walker, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN PMGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICKEN; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033806849     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.10.6027-6033.2000     Document Type: Article

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