Mycoplasma agalactiae MAG_5040 is a Mg2+-Dependent, Sugar-Nonspecific SNase Recognised by the Host Humoral Response during Natural Infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Cacciotto, Carla ^a   Addis, Maria Filippa ^b   Coradduzza, Elisabetta ^a   Carcangiu, Laura ^a   Nuvoli, Anna Maria ^a   Tore, Gessica ^a   Dore, Gian Mario ^a   Pagnozzi, Daniela ^b   Uzzau, Sergio ^a,b   Chessa, Bernardo ^a   Pittau, Marco ^a   Alberti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Porto Conte Ricerche Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MAG 5040 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTAGIOUS AGALACTIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE LOCATION; GOAT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MAG 5040 GENE; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GOATS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; MAGNESIUM; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874564081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057775     Document Type: Article

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