Determination of the number of tuf genes in Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
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| Authors: | Beth P. Goldstein Giuseppina Zaffaroni Orsola Tiboni Bozorgmehr Amiri Maurizio Denaro |
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| Affiliation: | Merrell-Dow Research Institute, Lepetit Research Center, Varese, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | Restriction endonuclease fragments of DNA from Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis (mouse pneumonitis biovar) were hybridized to probes from the N-terminal and C-terminal portions of the Escherichia coli tufA gene. In common with other Gram-negative bacteria, the genome of N. gonorrhoeae was found to contain two homologous sequences (presumptive tuf genes). The C. trachomatis genome contained a single tuf sequence. |
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| Keywords: | Neisseria gonorrhoeae Chlamydia trachomatis tuf gene |
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