Molecular basis of the length variation in the N-terminal part of<i>Mycoplasma synoviae</i>hemagglutinin

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Mycoplasma synoviae is a major avian pathogen that synthesizes hemagglutinin VlhA, an abundant immunodominant surface lipoprotein. In most M. synoviae strains, the VlhA protein cleaves into the N-terminal part, a lipoprotein MSPB, and a C-terminal part MSPA, which mediates binding to erythrocytes. VlhA is encoded by the vlhA gene of which the 5'-end is present in the genome as a single copy, which does not change...

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