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Variable surface protein Vmm of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small colony type.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2002
Persson Anja, Jacobsson Karin, Frykberg Lars, Johansson Karl-Erik, Poumarat François
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A variable surface protein, Vmm, of the bovine pathogen Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small colony type (M. mycoides SC) has been identified and characterized. Vmm was specific for the SC biotype and was expressed by 68 of 69 analyzed M. mycoides SC strains. The protein was found to undergo reversible phase variation at a frequency of 9 x 10(-4) to 5 x 10(-5) per cell per generation. The vmm gene was...
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