| Literature DB >> 11895991 |
Sarit Nussbaum1, Inessa Lysnyansky, Konrad Sachse, Sharon Levisohn, David Yogev.
Abstract
A genomic cluster of vsp genes was previously shown to mediate high-frequency phenotypic switching of surface lipoprotein antigens in the bovine pathogen Mycoplasma bovis. This study revealed that field strains of M. bovis possess modified versions of the vsp gene complex in which extensive sequence variations occur primarily in the reiterated coding sequences of the vsp structural genes. These findings demonstrate that there is a vastly expanded potential for antigenic variation within populations of this organism.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11895991 PMCID: PMC127842 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.2220-2225.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441