The central role of lipoproteins in the pathogenesis of mycoplasmoses

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 44-50

  Browning, G F ^a   Marenda, M S ^a   Noormohammadi, A H ^a   Markham, P F ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Antigenic variation; Horizontal gene transfer; Lipoprotein; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPROTEIN; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; CXCL14 CHEMOKINE; CYTADHESIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LPPB PROTEIN; LYMPHOTACTIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; RANTES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VLHA LIPOPROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 80052550692     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.05.031     Document Type: Review

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