Restoration of cytoadherence to an adherence-deficient mutant of Mycoplasma arthritidis by genetic complementation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 671-675

  Washburn, Leigh R ^a   Bird, Daniel W ^a   Dybvig, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LIPOPROTEIN; MACROGOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUTANT; MYCOPLASMA ARTHRITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA; RATS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0037306457     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.2.671-675.2003     Document Type: Article

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