Intrachromosomal recombination within the vsp locus of Mycoplasma bovis generates a chimeric variable surface lipoprotein antigen

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3703-3712

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

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034997758     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.6.3703-3712.2001     Document Type: Article

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