The gene mpn310 (hmw2) from Mycoplasma pneumoniae encodes two proteins, HMW2 and HMW2-s, which differ in size but use the same reading frame

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-181

  Boonmee, Atcha ^a,b   Ruppert, Thomas ^a   Herrmann, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Khon Kaen University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Internal translational start; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HMW2 PROTEIN; HMW2 S PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MPN310 GENE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; READING FRAMES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 57449119872     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01422.x     Document Type: Article

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