Isolation and characterization of PhoP homolog in Brucella abortus /

abortus k Zapll genomic library, which contained the intact

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huang, Xin, 1967-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
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Description
Summary:abortus k Zapll genomic library, which contained the intact
acid sequences shared by S. typhimurium phop and E. coli
and wild type strains in peptide sensitivity and hydrogen
deduced amino acid sequence of tcrp exhibited 41% homology to
defensin and acid. In this study, a phop-like gene
designated as tcrp was isolated from B. abortus. Following
discussed.
due to 0-antigen defect. The tcrp mutant also showed a
experiments for further characterization of this gene were
fold) sensitivity to complement mediated lysis, which was not
fragment using PCR degerate primers based on homologous amino
members of two-component regulatory proteins. A B. abortus
peroxide killing tests. Based on the preliminary phenotypic
phob, a larger DNA fragment (3355 bp) was isolated from B.
PhoP/PhoQ two-component regulatory system which controls
putative functions of the tcrp gene. The results from these
S. typhimurium PhoP and also showed general features of the
Salmonella phoP::TnlO mutants are highly sensitive to serum,
significant differences were found between the tcrp mutants
slightly increased acid sensitivity (1.5 fold). No
strain carrying tcrp mutation was constructed for testing the
tcrp gene and its upstream and downstream sequences. The
test showed that the tcrp mutants exhibited increased (10
tests, the putative functions of tcrp gene and the
the initial amplification of a 300 base pair phop-like gene
typhimurium has been detected in several other species.
virulence and intramacrophage survival of Salmonella
Item Description:"Major subject: Veterinary Microbiology".
Vita.
Physical Description:xi, 76 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.