AN UNUSUALLY SMALL GENE ENCODING A PUTATIVE MUCIN-LIKE GLYCOPROTEIN IN TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI

Authors
REYES MB POLLEVICK GD FRASCH ACC
Citation
Mb. Reyes et al., AN UNUSUALLY SMALL GENE ENCODING A PUTATIVE MUCIN-LIKE GLYCOPROTEIN IN TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI, Gene, 140(1), 1994, pp. 139-140
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Gene → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781119
Volume
140
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
139 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1119(1994)140:1<139:AUSGEA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The gene encoding a putative core protein of a mucin-like glycoprotein was identified in Trypanosoma cruzi. It contains five repeats of elev en amino acids each, eight of which are Thr and two of which are Pro r esidues. These Thr-Pro-rich repeats resemble the ones in the human MUC 2 gene encoding mucin.