Molecular mechanisms of pathogenicity of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-521

  Pilo, Paola ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a   Vilei, Edy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adhesion factors; Capsular polysaccharide; Catabolite repression; CBPP; Lipoproteins; Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides SC; Pathogenicity; Toxic metabolic pathway products; Variable surface proteins

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CATTLE DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTAGIOUS PLEUROPNEUMONIA; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPLICATION; HOST CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; PLEUROPNEUMONIA, CONTAGIOUS;

BOVINAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES SUBSP. MYCOIDES SC; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 36048947302     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.10.016     Document Type: Review

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