title: Sequence analysis of the p1 adhesin gene of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in clinical isolates collected in Beijing in 2008 to 2009.
abstract: The p1 genes of 60 Mycoplasma pneumoniae clinical isolates were sequenced and compared to previously reported p1 gene sequences. An AGT trinucleotide variable-number tandem repeat was identified that ranged in copy number from 5 to 14 among the isolates. In addition, a novel p1 gene variant named 2c was identified in 6 of the isolates.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, 155 Changbai Road, Changping District, Beijing, China 102206.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Sufan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xiaoxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Yudong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jianzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C035471:adhesin, Mycoplasma pneumoniae