CLONING AND SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS OF THE FIMBRIAE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN (FAP) GENE FROM ACTINOBACILLUS-ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS

Authors
ISHIHARA K HONMA K MIURA T KATO T OKUDA K
Citation
K. Ishihara et al., CLONING AND SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS OF THE FIMBRIAE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN (FAP) GENE FROM ACTINOBACILLUS-ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS, Microbial pathogenesis, 23(2), 1997, pp. 63-69
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,Microbiology
Journal title
Microbial pathogenesis → ACNP
ISSN journal
08824010
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
63 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-4010(1997)23:2<63:CASOTF>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Fimbrial-associated protein, an attachment factor of Actinobacillus ac tinomycetemcomitans, was genetically analysed by cloning. The plasmid obtained was found to harbor a 1.7kb fragment which contained a 228bp open reading frame encoding 76 amino acids (7.970kDa). The fimbriae as sociated protein gene (fap) was strongly expressed in fimbriated A. ac tinomycetemcomitans 310a but not in non-fimbriated strains. (C) 1997 A cademic Press Limited.