title: Cloning of the pfaP gene of Leptospira borgpetersenii.
abstract: A lambda gt11 library constructed with Leptospira borgpetersenii DNA was screened with monoclonal antibodies (mAb) recognizing a periplasmic flagella-associated protein. A plaque expressing a fusion protein (lambda F15) which reacted with the mAb was isolated and the nucleotide sequence analyzed. The deduced amino-acid (aa) sequence indicates that the pfaP gene belongs to a group of bacterial genes whose products share aa sequence and possibly functional homologies with sppA, an Escherichia coli signal peptidase-encoding gene.
authors.affiliation: Leptospirosis/Mycobacteriosis Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Trueba
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bolin
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Zuerner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000235:genetics; D007919:Leptospira / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; C094989:pfaP protein, Leptospira borgpetersenii