Flagella as a potential marker for Campylobacter jejuni strains associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Campylobacter jejuni recovered from patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in different geographical locations and bearing different heat-labile and heat-stable antigens were found to have identical amino acid sequences in their flagellar flaA short variable region, suggesting that it may be a potentially useful marker for GBS association.
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National Microbiology Laboratory, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002677:Chile; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005407:Flagella / Q000235:genetics; D005408:Flagellin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005843:Geography; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D005408:Flagellin; C067138:flaA protein, bacteria