Induction of a Mycoplasma gallisepticum pMGA gene in the chicken tracheal ring organ culture model

Avian Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 745-749

  Bearson, Shawn M D ^a,b   Collier, Stephanie D ^a   Bearson, Bradley L ^a,b   Branton, Scott L ^a  

^a POULTRY RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Tracheal ring organ culture; Transposon mutagenesis; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0141682973     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/6099     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Baseggio, N., M. D. Glew, P. F. Markham, K. G. Whithear, and G. F. Browning. Size and genomic location of the pMGA multigene family of Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Microbiology 142:1429-1435. 1996.
2. Byrne, M. E., D. A. Rouch, and R. A. Skurray. Nucleotide sequence analysis of IS256 from the Staphylococcus aureus gentamicin-tobramycin-kanamycin-resistance transposon Tn4001. Gene 81:361-367. 1989.
3. Cao, J., P. A. Kapke, and F. C. Minion. Transformation of Mycoplasma gallisepticum with Tn916, Tn4001, and integrative plasmid vectors. J. Bacteriol. 176:4459-4462. 1994.
4. Cherry, J. D., and D. Taylor-Robinson. Large-quantity production of chicken embryo tracheal organ cultures and use in virus and mycoplasma studies. Appl. Microbiol. 19:658-662. 1970.
5. Dhinakar Raj, G., and R. C. Jones. Protectotypic differentiation of avian infectious bronchitis viruses using an in vitro challenge model. Vet. Microbiol. 53:239-252. 1996.
6. Dybvig, K., and L. L. Voelker. Molecular biology of mycoplasmas. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 50:25-57. 1996.
7. Dykstra, M. J., S. Levisohn, O. J. Fletcher, and S. H. Kleven. Evaluation of cytopathologic changes induced in chicken tracheal epithelium by Mycoplasma gallisepticum in vivo and in vitro. Am. J. Vet. Res. 46:116-122. 1985.
8. Frey, M. L., R. P. Hanson, and D. P. Anderson. A medium for isolation of avian mycoplasmas. Am. J. Vet. Res. 29:2163-2171. 1968.
9. Glew, M. D., N. Baseggio, P. F. Markham, G. F. Browning, and I. D. Walker. Expression of the pMGA genes of Mycoplasma gallisepticum is controlled by variation in the GAA trinucleotide repeat lengths within the 5′ noncoding regions. Infect. Immun. 66:5833-5841. 1998.
10. Kleven, S. H. Mycoplasmas in the etiology of multifactorial respiratory disease. Poult. Sci. 77:1146-1149. 1998.
11. Knudtson, K. L., and F. C. Minion. Construction of Tn4001 lac derivatives to be used as promoter probe vectors in mycoplasmas. Gene 137:217-222. 1993.
12. Knudtson, K. L., and F. C. Minion. Use of lac gene fusions in the analysis of Acholeplasma upstream gene regulatory sequences. J. Bacteriol. 176:2763-2766. 1994.
13. Levisohn, S., and S. H. Kleven. Avian mycoplasmosis (Mycoplasma gallisepticum). Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epizoot. 19:425-442. 2000.
14. Liu, L., K. Dybvig, V. S. Panangala, V. L. van Santen, and C. T. French. GAA trinucleotide repeat region regulates M9/pMGA gene expression in Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Infect. Immun. 68:871-876. 2000.
15. Mahairas, G. G., and F. C. Minion. Random insertion of the gentamicin resistance transposon Tn4001 in Mycoplasma pulmonis. Plasmid 21:43-47. 1989.
16. Markham, P. F., M. D. Glew, M. R. Brandon, I. D. Walker, and K. G. Whithear. Characterization of a major hemagglutinin protein from Mycoplasma gallisepticum. Infect. Immun. 60:3885-3891. 1992.
17. Markham, P. F., M. D. Glew, J. E. Sykes, T. R. Bowden, T. D. Pollocks, G. F. Browning, K. G. Whithear, and I. D. Walker. The organisation of the multigene family which encodes the major cell surface protein, pMGA, of Mycoplasma gallisepticum. FEBS Lett. 352:347-352. 1994.
18. Razin, S., D. Yogev, and Y. Naot. Molecular biology and pathogenicity of mycoplasmas. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 62:1094-1156. 1998.