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. 1988 Sep 12;16(17):8337-50.
doi: 10.1093/nar/16.17.8337.

Repetitive DNA sequences in Mycoplasma pneumoniae

R Wenzel  1 , R Herrmann
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Repetitive DNA sequences in Mycoplasma pneumoniae

R Wenzel et al. Nucleic Acids Res. .
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Abstract

Two types of different repetitive DNA sequences called RepMP1 and RepMP2 were identified in the genome of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The number of these repeated elements, their nucleotide sequence and their localization on a physical map of the M. pneumoniae genome were determined. The results show that RepMP1 appears at least 10 times and RepMP2 at least 8 times in the genome. The repeated elements are dispersed on the chromosome and, in three cases, linked to each other by a homologous DNA sequence of 400 bp. The elements themselves are 300 bp (for RepMP1) and 150 bp (for RepMP2) long showing a high degree of homology. One copy of RepMP2 is a translated part of the gene for the major cytadhesin protein P1 which is responsible for the adsorption of M. pneumoniae to its host cell.

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