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Phenotypic switching in Mycoplasma gallisepticum hemadsorption is governed by a high-frequency, reversible point mutation.
Infection and immunity - 1 Mar 2003
Winner Florian, Markovà Ivana, Much Peter, Lugmair Albin, Siebert-Gulle Karin, Vogl Gunther, Rosengarten Renate, Citti Christine
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma gallisepticum is a flask-shaped organism that commonly induces chronic respiratory disease in chickens and infectious sinusitis in turkeys. Phenotypic switching in M. gallisepticum hemadsorption (HA) was found to correlate with phase variation of the GapA cytadhesin concurrently with that of the CrmA protein, which exhibits cytadhesin-related features and is encoded by a gene located downstream of the...
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