Alternate phase variation in expression of two major surface membrane proteins (MBA and UU376) ofUreaplasma parvumserovar 3
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- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 292 (2) , 187-193
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01505.x
Abstract
Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum are commensals and pathogens of the human urogenital tract and of newborn infants. There are four distinKeywords
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