THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MULTIGENE FAMILY WHICH ENCODES THE MAJOR CELL-SURFACE PROTEIN, PMGA, OF MYCOPLASMA-GALLISEPTICUM

Authors
MARKHAM PF GLEW MD SYKES JE BOWDEN TR POLLOCKS TD BROWNING GF WHITHEAR KG WALKER ID
Citation
Pf. Markham et al., THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MULTIGENE FAMILY WHICH ENCODES THE MAJOR CELL-SURFACE PROTEIN, PMGA, OF MYCOPLASMA-GALLISEPTICUM, FEBS letters, 352(3), 1994, pp. 347-352
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,Biology
Journal title
FEBS letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00145793
Volume
352
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
347 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-5793(1994)352:3<347:TOOTMF>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The genome of the avian pathogen Mycoplasma gallisepticum contains a n umber of related genes for putative adhesion molecules (pMGA). Cloning and sequence analysis of several pMGA genes suggested that all of the m might be transcriptionally and translationally functional. Analysis of the gene sequence encoding the sole pMGA variant expressed in vitro in the S6 strain (pMGA1.1) revealed no unambiguous feature that could account for its unique expression. It is estimated that the pMGA gene family may contain up to 50 members, and its possible role is discuss ed herein.