Article
Sequence divergence in the ORF6 gene of Mycoplasma pneumonia.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 1994
Ruland K, Himmelreich R, Herrmann R
Abstract excerpt
The ORF6 gene product of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is involved in a yet-unknown manner in the adhesion of the bacterium to its host cell. Part of the ORF6 gene is a repetitive DNA sequence (RepMP5), about 1,900 bp long. Seven additional similar copies of RepMP5 are dispersed on the genome. In the independently isolated strains M. pneumoniae M129 and FH, the RepMP5 copies residing in the ORF6 gene are not identical....
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