Juxtaposition of an active promoter to vsp genes via site-specific DNA inversions generates antigenic variation in Mycoplasma bovis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 5698-5708

  Lysnyansky, I ^a   Ron, Y ^a   Yogev, D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034812517     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.19.5698-5708.2001     Document Type: Article

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