Article
pMGA phenotypic variation in Mycoplasma gallisepticum occurs in vivo and is mediated by trinucleotide repeat length variation.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2000
Glew M D, Browning G F, Markham P F, Walker I D
Abstract excerpt
Chickens were infected with a pathogenic strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum, and the expression of pMGA, the major surface protein, was inferred by examination of colonies from ex vivo cells. Within 2 days postinfection, 40% of cells had ceased the expression of the original pMGA surface protein (pMGA1.1), and by day 6, the majority of recovered cells were in this category. The switch in pMGA phenotype which had...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Chickens
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycoplasma
- Mycoplasma Infections
- Phenotype
- Poultry Diseases
- Trinucleotide Repeats