Gene families encoding phase- and size-variable surface lipoproteins of Mycoplasma hyorhinis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1356-1363

  Citti, Christine ^a,b   Watson McKown, Robyn ^a   Droesse, Martina ^a,b   Wise, Kim S ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033953803     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.5.1356-1363.2000     Document Type: Article

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