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Molecular basis of size and antigenic variation of a Mycoplasma hominis adhesin encoded by divergent vaa genes.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 1996
Zhang Q, Wise K S
Abstract excerpt
The molecular basis for the size and antigenic diversity of the variable adherence-associated (Vaa) antigen, a major surface protein and a putative adhesin (of Mycoplasma hominis, is described. Size-variant alleles of the single-copy vaa gene encode abundant surface lipoproteins containing one to four nearly identical, tandem repetitive units of 121 amino acids in the central region of the mature Vaa product....
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