Article
Phenotypic variation of Mycoplasma iowae surface antigen.
Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Fiorentin L, Zhang Y, Panangala V S
Abstract excerpt
The diseases caused by mycoplasmas are generally chronic and persistent and apparently occur notwithstanding a host immune response. The ability to evade the host immune response is facilitated by phenotypic variation in the mycoplasma surface components. The avian mycoplasmas Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae have both been previously described to be able to switch their surface antigens, and...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigenic Variation
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Antigens, Surface
- Mice
- Mycoplasma
- Phenotype
- Serotyping