Identification and characterization of a gene encoding a 35-kDa protein from Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

Authors
Banasure, KD Basagoudanavar, SH Chaudhury, P Tiwari, V Parihar, NS Goswami, PP
Citation
Kd. Banasure et al., Identification and characterization of a gene encoding a 35-kDa protein from Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, FEMS MICROB, 196(2), 2001, pp. 195-199
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
03781097 → ACNP
Volume
196
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
195 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(20010315)196:2<195:IACOAG>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis is the causative agent of J ohne's disease, a chronic enteritis in ruminants. A gene homologous to that of 35-kDa antigen of Mycobacterium leprae was cloned and sequenced from My cobacterium paratuberculosis. The database searches revealed 82.79% and 95. 67% similarities of its nucleotide sequence, with those of immunodominant 3 5-kDa protein of M. leprae and M. avium, respectively. (C) 2001 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. A ll rights reserved.