Brachyspira hyodysenteriae contains eight linked gene copies related to an expressed 39-kDa surface protein

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  McCaman, Michael T ^a   Auer, Kim ^a,b   Foley, Wayne ^a   Gabe, Jeffrey D ^a,c  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b St Rose Hospital   (United States)

^c Point Biomedical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyspira hyodysenteriae; Multi gene family; Surface protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIABLE SURFACE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERPULINA HYODYSENTERIAE; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYSPIRA; BRACHYSPIRA HYODYSENTERIAE;

EID: 0037278705     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(02)00048-5     Document Type: Article

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