DIVERSITY OF THE TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEIN TBP2 OF NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS

Authors
MAZARIN V ROKBI B QUENTINMILLET MJ
Citation
V. Mazarin et al., DIVERSITY OF THE TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEIN TBP2 OF NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS, Gene, 158(1), 1995, pp. 145-146
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Gene → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781119
Volume
158
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
145 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1119(1995)158:1<145:DOTTPT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In order to investigate the genetic basis for the observed polymorphis m amongst meningococcal transferrin-binding proteins, Tbp2, the corres ponding genes of different Neisseria meningitidis strains were cloned and sequenced. Comparison of the deduced amino acid (aa) sequences ind icated that the Tbp2 were 76.6 to 81.2% homologous. Several stretches of aa have been found repeated both in the N- and C-terminal halves of the molecule.