Article
Variation of vlhA gene in Mycoplasma synoviae clones isolated from chickens.
Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A - 1 Oct 2011
Slavec Brigita, Berčič Rebeka Lucijana, Cizelj Ivanka, Narat Mojca, Zorman-Rojs Olga, Dovč Peter, Benčina Dušan
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma synoviae synthesizes haemagglutinin VlhA, which cleaves into the N-terminal part, a lipoprotein MSPB, and a C-terminal part MSPA. Previous studies have shown that the 3'-end of the expressed vlhA gene can recombine with vlhA pseudogenes in a process called gene conversion, but there have been no data about diversification of the expressed vlhA gene in M. synoviae populations replicating in chickens....
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Chickens
- DNA Primers
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Gene Components
- Genetic Variation
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Lectins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycoplasma synoviae
- Polymerase Chain Reaction