title: Cloning of HSP70 (dnaK) gene from Clostridium perfringens using a general polymerase chain reaction based approach.
abstract: A general method to clone the HSP70 gene from any species employing polymerase chain reaction and degenerate oligonucleotide primers for conserved regions of this protein family is described. Using this method, a clone containing the entire coding sequence for the HSP70 gene from Clostridium perfringens, has been isolated and sequenced. The HSP70s from C. perfringens as well as other Gram-positive groups of bacteria contain a large deletion of 25 amino acids, near the N-terminal end, which is not seen in HSP70 from other sources.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Galley
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins