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Restoration of cytoadherence to an adherence-deficient mutant of Mycoplasma arthritidis by genetic complementation.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2003
Washburn Leigh R, Bird Daniel W, Dybvig Kevin
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma arthritidis causes a severe septic arthritis in rats under natural and experimental conditions. An earlier study implicated a membrane lipoprotein designated MAA1 in cytadherence of M. arthritidis. In addition, a spontaneous adherence-deficient mutant was shown to contain a nonsense mutation in the gene encoding MAA1, resulting in production of a truncated product, MAA1Delta. In the present study, a...
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