Identification and functional mapping of the Mycoplasma fermentas P29 adhesin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4925-4935

  Leigh, Spencer A ^a   Wise, Kim S ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PROTEIN P 29; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036720236     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.4925-4935.2002     Document Type: Article

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