CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEISSERIA GENE HOMOLOGOUS TO HISJ AND ARGT OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI AND SALMONELLA-TYPHIMURIUM

被引:8
作者
LAVITOLA, A [1 ]
VANNI, M [1 ]
MARTIN, PMV [1 ]
BRUNI, CB [1 ]
机构
[1] NAPLES UNIV,DIPARTIMENTO BIOL & PATOL CELLULARE & MOLEC,CNR,I-80131 NAPLES,ITALY
关键词
TRANSCRIPTION; PROTEIN; NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; HISJ; ARGT; CLONING; TRANSLATION; IMMUNOGENICITY;
D O I
10.1016/0923-2508(92)90021-F
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We have isolated from a genomic library of the pathogenic Neisseriae gonorrhoeae T2 strain, a gene encoding a putative protein of 268 amino acids which exhibited significant similarity to the hisJ and argT gene products of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli, periplasmic proteins deputed to amino acid transport within the cell. The gene is transcribed as a monocistronic mRNA species of about 960 nucleotides flanked by regulatory elements for initiation and termination of transcription that are efficiently recognized in an E. coli host.
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