Sequence analysis of the major outer membrane protein gene of an ovine abortion strain of Chlamydia psittaci.
The major outer membrane protein (MOMP) gene from an ovine abortion strain of Chlamydia psittaci (S26/3) has been cloned and sequenced. The gene shows the features of other chlamydial MOMPs but comparison with the previously reported sequence for the ovine abortion isolate A22/M has revealed substantial sequence divergence which is clustered into the same four intramolecular regions as the sequence variation found between C. trachomatis serovars. Subsequent restriction enzyme analysis of A22/M DNA has shown that it has an avian-type genomic profile and thus the comparison is between types rather than between strains.
Herring
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AJ
Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, U.K.
Tan
T W
TW
Baxter
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S
Inglis
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Dunbar
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D000034:Abortion, Veterinary / Q000382:microbiology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011247:Pregnancy; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins