title: Nucleotide sequence of the first cosmid from the Mycobacterium leprae genome project: structure and function of the Rif-Str regions.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of cosmid B1790, carrying the Rif-Str regions of the Mycobacterium leprae chromosome, has been determined. Twelve open reading frames were identified in the 36716bp sequence, representing 40% of the coding capacity. Five ribosomal proteins, two elongation factors and the beta and beta' subunits of RNA polymerase have been characterized and two novel genes were found. One of these encodes a member of the so-called ABC family of ATP-binding proteins while the other appears to encode an enzyme involved in repairing genomic lesions caused by free radicals. This finding may well be significant as M. leprae, an intracellular pathogen, lives within macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Honoré
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chanteau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doucet-Populaire
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eiglmeier
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Georges
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Launois
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Limpaiboon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon; D003360:Cosmids; D015723:Gene Library; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003062:Codon