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The vaa locus of Mycoplasma hominis contains a divergent genetic islet encoding a putative membrane protein

Authors:	Thomas?Boesen author-information" > author-information__contact u-icon-before" > mailto:tboesen@bioxray.dk" title=" tboesen@bioxray.dk" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author,Jeppe?Emmersen,Agata?Baczynska,Svend?Birkelund,Gunna?Christiansen

Affiliation:	(1) Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark;(2) Department of Molecular Biology, Science Park, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark;(3) Department of Biotechnology, Aalborg University, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark

Abstract:	Background The Mycoplasma hominis vaa gene encodes a highly variable, surface antigen involved in the adhesion to host cells. We have analysed the structure of the vaa locus to elucidate the genetic basis for variation of vaa.

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