Characterisation of protein and antigen variability among Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (LC) and Mycoplasma agalactiae field strains by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 532-538

  Fe, C de la ^a   Assuncao P ^a   Rosales, R S ^a   Antunes, T ^a   Poveda, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contagious agalactia; Immunoblotting; Mycoplasma agalactiae; Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides LC; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN VARIANT; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; PHYLOGENY; PLEUROPNEUMONIA, CONTAGIOUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. MYCOIDES LC;

EID: 33645934798     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2005.02.015     Document Type: Article

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