Antigen 43, the major phase-variable protein of the Escherichia coli outer membrane, can exist as a family of proteins encoded by multiple alleles

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 161-169

  Roche, A J ^a   McFadden, J P ^a   Owen, P ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antigen 43; Escherichia coli; Multiple alleles; Phase variation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; NUCLEOTIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE PROBE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035151364     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-1-161     Document Type: Article

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