title: Characterization of a genomic region encoding the 32-kDa dense granule antigen of Sarcocystis muris (Apicomplexa).
abstract: Two subgenomic libraries constructed from Sarcocystis muris total DNA were screened with a cDNA probe, specific for a 32-kDa protein associated with the dense granules. Two clones reacted positively and were isolated, gDG 32/1 and gDG 32/2. Genomic clone gDG32/1 and part of clone gDG 32/2 have been sequenced. The composite nucleotide sequence of these genomic clones comprises 4.34 kb. It contains a 5' region of 2.14 kb, a first coding region (222 bp, exon I), a noncoding region (608 bp, intron), a second coding region (660 bp, exon II), and a 3' region of 693 bp. The upstream region shows a eukaryotic promoter structure and a consensus sequence for the 5' and 3' splicing sites. Thus the open reading frame (ORF DG32) coding for the 32-kDa protein of the dense granules of S. muris cyst merozoites is interrupted by an intron. To our knowledge, dg32 is the first sarcosporidian mosaic gene to be characterized.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Biologie der Mikroorganismen, Arbeitsgruppe Molekulare Genetik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Freyer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hansner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mehlhorn
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rüger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D015800:Protozoan Proteins