Highlights of mycoplasma research-An historical perspective

Biologicals

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-190

  Razin, Shmuel ^a   Hayflick, Leonard ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture contaminants; Mycoplasmas; No cell wall; Pathogenicity; Phytoplasmas; Plasma membrane; Smallest free living microorganisms; Smallest genome of any free living microorganism; Spiroplasmas

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FIBROBLAST; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PENETRANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 77950865786     PISSN: 10451056     EISSN: 10958320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2009.11.008     Document Type: Review

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