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Adherence of Mycoplasma gallisepticum involves variable surface membrane proteins. |
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| Authors: | A Athamna R Rosengarten S Levisohn I Kahane D Yogev |
| Abstract: | Adherence of Mycoplasma gallisepticum to erythrocytes was examined by colony immunoblotting, detergent phase fractionation, trypsin treatment, comparison of protein profiles, and comparison of erythrocyte-bound mycoplasma protein fractions of hemadsorption-positive and -negative mutants. The binding of M. gallisepticum to chicken or human erythrocytes was found to be mediated via surface-exposed membrane proteins undergoing high-frequency phase variation. |
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