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Sequence analysis of the chromosomal region around and within the V-1-encoding gene of Mycoplasma pulmonis: evidence for DNA inversion as a mechanism for V-1 variation.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1996
Simmons W L, Zuhua C, Glass J I, Simecka J W, Cassell G H, Watson H L
Abstract excerpt
Although the variation of V-1 antigens of Mycoplasma pulmonis has been correlated with variable expression of the cytadherence properties of this organism and has been implicated as a virulence determining factor in M. pulmonis-induced murine respiratory disease, the precise function of these antigens remains unknown. We have cloned and characterized genes encoding V-1 from two M. pulmonis UAB CT V-1 variants...
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