title: Cloning, sequencing and expression of the CAMP factor gene of Streptococcus uberis.
abstract: The gene coding for the CAMP factor from a strain of Streptococcus uberis (ATCC 9927) was cloned in Escherichia coli. Chromosomal DNA from Streptococcus uberis was used to construct a gene library in plasmid pTZ18R and six CAMP-reaction positive clones were obtained from a total of 10,000 transformants. One clone, pJLD21, was subcloned and the CAMP factor gene was located in a 3.2 kb BamHI fragment. The nucleotide sequence of Streptococcus uberis CAMP factor gene was determined and the deduced amino acid sequence is highly homologous to the corresponding Streptococcus agalactiae protein. Immunoblot analysis revealed that the recombinant strain pJLD21 expressed a protein with a molecular weight of 28 000. Antibodies raised against purified Streptococcus uberis CAMP factor cross-reacted with Streptococcus agalactiae protein B.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Babiuk
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Potter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C039092:CAMP protein, Streptococcus; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins