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Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae express a cysteine protease CysP, which can cleave chicken IgG into Fab and Fc.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Feb 2011
Cizelj Ivanka, Berčič Rebeka Lucijana, Dušanić Daliborka, Narat Mojca, Kos Janko, Dovč Peter, Benčina Dušan
Abstract excerpt
Major poultry pathogens M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae share a gene encoding a putative cysteine protease CysP similar to papain cysteine protease (C1A subfamily). Comparison of the cysP gene sequences of 18 M. synoviae and 10 M. gallisepticum strains sequenced in this study showed polymorphisms, including deletions. Seven M. synoviae strains, including the type strain WVU 1853, had a 39 bp deletion in...
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