Comparative genomic analyses of attenuated strains of Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1760-1771

  Szczepanek, S M ^a   Tulman, E R ^a   Gorton, T S ^a   Liao, X ^a   Lu, Z ^b   Zinski, J ^a   Aziz, F ^a   Frasca Jr , S ^a   Kutish, G F ^a   Geary, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN VLHA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM VACCINE; PROTEIN; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DESIGN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA INJURY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77950270961     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01172-09     Document Type: Article

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