title: Conserved DNA sequences in chlamydial plasmids.
abstract: Two 7.4-kb plasmids from Chlamydia psittaci have been cloned and characterized. These plasmids are quite distinct from the 6.2-kb C. psittaci and the C. trachomatis plasmids when compared by restriction endonuclease analysis. The plasmids show considerable cross-hybridization, with only a small region highly conserved and identified as a 4 X 22-bp tandemly repeated region. This sequence is identical in the two size categories of C. psittaci plasmids and differs from C. trachomatis plasmids by only 2 bp in the 22-bp motif. AT-rich clusters 5' to the repeat region which are present in C. trachomatis and Escherichia coli plasmids were absent from both classes of C. psittaci plasmids. Extensive regions are less highly conserved but show a sufficient degree of cross-hybridization to suggest that the plasmids are homologous.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hugall
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Timms
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Girjes
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lavin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D002689:Chlamydia / Q000235:genetics*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D004247:DNA