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Differential expression of lipoprotein genes in Mycoplasma pneumoniae after contact with human lung epithelial cells, and under oxidative and acidic stress

Katri M Hallamaa1 email, Sen-Lin Tang1,2 email, Nino Ficorilli1 email and Glenn F Browning1 email

1Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia

2Microbial Biodiversity Laboratory, Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, NanKang, Taipei, 11528, Taiwan

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BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:124doi:10.1186/1471-2180-8-124

Published: 23 July 2008

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Change in lipoprotein gene expression in M. pneumoniae after binding to A549 cells. Expression ratios after 15 min, 30 min and 1 h.

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Change in lipoprotein gene expression in M. pneumoniae after exposure to 1 mM H2O2 for 10 minutes.

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Four consecutive genes in Family 6, MPN647, MPN646, MPN645 and MPN644 are polycistronically expressed as shown by RT-PCR.

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