Article
Truncation as a novel form of variation of the p50 gene in Mycoplasma hominis.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Nov 1998
Henrich Birgit, Lang Klaudia, Kitzerow Annette, MacKenzie Colin, Hadding Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
A characteristic feature of the mycoplasmas is the presence of variable surface proteins which may play an important role in the adaptation of the cell-wall-less organisms to their host environments. In addition, this antigen variation may be an important pathogenic property of the organism. The...
Topics
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Mycoplasma Infections
- Mycoplasma hominis
- RNA, Bacterial
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Transcription, Genetic