Article
Frequency and organization of papA homologous DNA sequences among uropathogenic digalactoside-binding Escherichia coli strains.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 1991
Denich K, Craiu A, Rugo H, Muralidhar G, O'Hanley P
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of selected papA DNA sequences among 89 digalactoside-binding, uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains was evaluated with 12 different synthetic 15-base probes corresponding to papA genes from four digalactoside-binding piliated recombinant strains (HU849, 201B, and 200A). The papA probes encode amino acids which are common at the carboxy terminus of all strains, adjacent to the proximal portion of...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial
- Escherichia coli
- Female
- Galactosides
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
