Reacquisition of Specific Proteins Confers Virulence in Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 39 (2) , 830-836
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.39.2.830-836.1983
Abstract
Hemadsorbing revertants were isolated from spontaneous hemadsorption-negative, avirulent mutants of M. pneumoniae. The revertants simultaneously reacquired specific proteins absent in their homologous mutants, along with neuraminidase-sensitive adherence to the hamster respiratory epithelium and virulence. Peptide mapping and immunological analysis indicated no precursor-product relationships among certain of these proteins.This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
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