Translocation of surface antigen genes to a unique telomeric expression site in <i>Pneumocystis carinii</i>

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The surface of Pneumocystis carinii sp. f. carinii contains an antigen known as major surface glycoprotein (MSG), which is encoded by about 100 heterogeneous genes. Expression of MSG genes is not well understood. Previous work identified a sequence termed UCS, which is present at the beginning of nearly all MSG mRNAs, and which is likely to be involved in regulation of MSG gene transcription. Here we show that...

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