Identification and complementation of a mutation associated with loss of Mycoplasma pneumoniae virulence-specific proteins B and C

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 747-751

  Waldo III, Robert H ^a   Jordan, Jarrat L ^a,b   Krause, Duncan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTOCOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT GENE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVERTANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 11844280980     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.2.747-751.2005     Document Type: Article

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