title: Sequence divergency of the cytadhesin gene of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
abstract: The Mycoplasma pneumoniae cytadhesin P1 genes from two groups of clinical isolates that display restriction fragment length polymorphisms were cloned and sequenced. Within each group the nucleotide sequences were identical, but two major differences were detected between the groups. These two stretches of sequence divergence were located in multiple-copy regions of the P1 gene and resulted in considerable amino acid changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7758.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chavoya
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Dallo
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Baseman
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D000596:Amino Acids; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C035471:adhesin, Mycoplasma pneumoniae