Extended repertoire of genes encoding variable surface lipoproteins in Mycoplasma bovis strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2220-2225

  Nussbaum, Sarit ^a   Lysnyansky, Inessa ^a   Sachse, Konrad ^a   Levisohn, Sharon ^a   Yogev, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LIPOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENOME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0036129226     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.2220-2225.2002     Document Type: Article

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