title: Sequence diversity of the 60-kilodalton protein and of a putative 15-kilodalton protein between the trachoma and lymphogranuloma venereum biovars of Chlamydia trachomatis.
abstract: DNA from Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L3, C, and E corresponding to the open reading frames of the 60-kDa protein and of a putative 15-kDa protein was sequenced. The open reading frames coding for the 60-kDa protein had 1,641 bp in the three serovars. Compared with the L3 serovar, there were 9 and 11 amino acid changes in the C and E serovars, respectively. The open reading frames corresponding to the putative 15-kDa protein had 450, 456, and 453 bp for the L3, C, and E serovars, respectively. When compared with the L3 serovar, the C and E serovars had 14 and 16 amino acid differences, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California, Irvine 92717.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: de la Maza
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Fielder
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Markoff
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008219:Lymphogranuloma Venereum / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D014141:Trachoma / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C067561:15K protein, Chlamydia trachomatis; C067562:protein 60K, Chlamydia trachomatis