Phase variation of the multiple banded protein in Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 293, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 203-211

  Monecke, Stefan ^a   Helbig, Jürgen H ^b   Jacobs, Enno ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Multiple banded protein; Mycoplasma; Phase variation; Surface variability; Ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MULTIPLE BANDED PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0037772557     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00239     Document Type: Article

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