Interactions between immunoglobulin evasion systems in Mycoplasma gallisepticum and their impact on antibody-dependent complement-mediated killing
ABSTRACT Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) causes chronic respiratory disease, which is thought to be contributed to by its capacity to evade the immune response of infected birds. It possesses multiple copies of the genes encoding the mycoplasma immunoglobulin binding-protease (MIB-MIP) system, which binds and cleaves avi...