Molecular characterization of the Mycoplasma bovis p68 gene, encoding a basic membrane protein with homology to P48 of Mycoplasma agalactiae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-242

  Lysnyansky, Inna ^a   Yogev, David ^b   Levisohn, Sharon ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basic membrane protein; malp homolog; Mycoplasma bovis p68 gene; Selective lipoprotein associated motif

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATING LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; MALP GENE; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; P68 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA FERMENTANS; MYCOPLASMATALES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 38349119938     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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