title: The value of electrophoretic protein patterns for the study of Microsporum canis.
abstract: Whole-cell protein analysis of clinical isolates of Microsporum canis by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) showed small but inconsistent differences in protein patterns. All clinical isolates closely resembled the (-) mating type of Arthroderma otae. A reference strain of A. otae (+) mating type from Japan gave a PAGE pattern which was distinct from those of the clinical isolates. Mating studies showed that the progeny of these reference (+) and (-) mating types had a variety of distinct protein patterns. Protein patterns can therefore distinguish between genetically different strains of M. canis (A. otae) suggesting that clinical isolates have a common clonal origin.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Laboratory, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Noble
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003720:Densitometry; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008864:Microsporum / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins