title: Isolation and partial sequence of a collagen gene from the human filarial parasite Brugia malayi.
abstract: We report the isolation and sequence of a part of a gene encoding a collagen from the genome of the human filarial parasite Brugia malayi. The deduced amino acid sequence of the sequenced portion of this gene, which we have designated BmCol1, differs from the most catalogued nematode collagens in that it is composed predominantly of the glycine-X-Y motif, where either X or Y (or both) may be proline. The gene appears to be similar to two recently described Caenorhabditis elegans collagen genes whose deduced amino acid sequences resemble mammalian basement membrane collagens. BmCol1 is a single copy gene and appears to be present in several other parasitic nematodes examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Caulagi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Rajan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002009:Brugia / Q000235:genetics*; D002107:Caenorhabditis / Q000235:genetics; D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D015698:Genomic Library; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000469:parasitology; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen; D004247:DNA