Evidence map›Paper›PMID 11895991›Full record

ArticleInfection and immunity2002

Extended repertoire of genes encoding variable surface lipoproteins in Mycoplasma bovis strains.

Sarit Nussbaum, Inessa Lysnyansky, Konrad Sachse, Sharon Levisohn, David Yogev

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sarit NussbaumDepartment of Membrane and Ultrastructure Research, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
Inessa Lysnyansky
Konrad Sachse
Sharon Levisohn
David Yogev

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBase SequenceCattleLipoproteinsMolecular Sequence DataMycoplasmaOpen Reading FramesRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsLipoproteinsVsp protein, bacterial

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PMID11895991
PMCPMC127842

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