Characterization of the Mycoplasma hominis ftsZ gene and its sequence variability in mycoplasma clinical isolates

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 155-162

  Momynaliev, K T ^a   Smirnova, O V ^a   Lazyrev, V N ^a   Akopian, T A ^a   Chelysheva, V V ^a   Ayala, J A ^b   Simankova, A N ^c   Borchsenius, S N ^c   Govorun, V M ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND CLINICAL CENTER OF PHYSICAL CHEMICAL MEDICINE OF FEDERAL MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL AGENCY   (Russian Federation)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacterial evolution; ftsZ Gene; Gene expression; M. hominis; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

FTSZ PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 0036293428     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00184-5     Document Type: Article

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