THE GAMMA-HEMOLYSIN LOCUS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS COMPRISES 3 LINKED GENES, 2 OF WHICH ARE IDENTICAL TO THE GENES FOR THE F AND S COMPONENTS OF LEUKOCIDIN

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作者
COONEY, J
KIENLE, Z
FOSTER, TJ
OTOOLE, PW
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[1] UNIV LUND,DEPT MED & PHYSIOL CHEM,S-21401 MALMO,SWEDEN
[2] UNIV LUND,DEPT MED MICROBIOL,S-21401 MALMO,SWEDEN
[3] UNIV DUBLIN TRINITY COLL,DEPT MICROBIOL,MOYNE INST,DUBLIN 2,IRELAND
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10.1128/IAI.61.2.768-771.1993
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
The Staphylococcus aureus gamma-hemolysin comprises two polypeptides, whereas the gamma-hemolysin locus (hlg) contains three open reading frames. The hlgA and hlgB genes encode the gamma1 and gamma2 components, respectively. The HlgB protein (gamma2) has 27% residue identity with S. aureus alpha-toxin. Surprisingly, hlgB and hlgC are 98.5 and 99.1% identical to the lukF and lukS genes, respectively, encoding the F and S components of the Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
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