title: Identification of VCR, a repeated sequence associated with a locus encoding a hemagglutinin in Vibrio cholerae O1.
abstract: We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a 6.3-kb BamHI fragment of the chromosome of Vibrio cholerae 569B that includes the sequence of the mannose-fucose-resistant hemagglutinin reported previously (V.L. Franzon, A. Barker, and P. A. Manning, Infect. Immun. 61:3032-3037, 1993). This region contains nine copies of a 124-bp direct repeat, here named VCR, of imperfect dyad symmetry, that are shown by Southern hybridization to occur at least 60 to 100 times in the V. cholerae O1 chromosome. Large-scale chromosomal mapping suggests that the repeats are confined to about 10% of the chromosome. Related sequences are also found in non-O1 V. cholerae but not in other members of the family Vibrionaceae. However, VCR is unrelated to other previously described repetitive sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Manning
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012703:Serotyping; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes