Article
Genetic diversity of the dnaJ gene in the Mycobacterium avium complex.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2004
Morita Yukio, Maruyama Soichi, Kabeya Hidenori, Nagai Akira, Kozawa Kunihisa, Kato Masahiko, Nakajima Takashi, Mikami Takeshi, Katsube Yasuji, Kimura Hirokazu
Abstract excerpt
The Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is associated with various diseases in humans as a zoonosis. The dnaJ gene was partially sequenced in Schaefer's 28 reference strains of MAC, 14 human MAC isolates and 22 veterinary isolates. From substitutions affecting 21-32 nucleotides, all strains could be classified into 14 groups. Most nucleotide substitutions did not alter amino acid sequences. Approximately 8 %...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins
- Heat-Shock Proteins
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mycobacterium avium Complex
- Phylogeny