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Pilus genes of Neisseria gonorrheae: chromosomal organization and DNA sequence.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 81 ·No. 19 ·1984-10-00 ·Pages 6110-4

Meyer TF, Billyard E, Haas R, Storzbach S, So M

Abstract

We have mapped two regions of the Neisseria gonorrheae genome, pilE1 and pilE2, which are involved in pilus expression. When the cells are in the piliated P+ state, these two loci carry sequences necessary for pilin production. A silent locus, pilS1, also maps near pilE1 and pilE2. pilS1 contains structural gene information but lacks pilus promoter sequences. The pilus gene sequences in pilE1 and pilE2 are identical in strain MS11.

MeSH Terms
Amino Acid Sequence Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics Base Sequence Chromosome Mapping Chromosomes, Bacterial/physiology DNA Restriction Enzymes DNA, Bacterial/genetics Fimbriae Proteins Fimbriae, Bacterial/physiology Genes Genes, Bacterial Neisseria gonorrhoeae/genetics
Chemicals
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins DNA, Bacterial Fimbriae Proteins DNA Restriction Enzymes
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Meyer T F
Billyard E
Haas R
Storzbach S
So M
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.81.19.6110
Published
1984-10-00
Pages
6110-4
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC391869
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · AI 20845 · United States
Databases
GENBANK
K02078, K02079, K02080
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