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Cloning and nucleotide sequence of three genes coding for small, acid-soluble proteins of Clostridium perfringens
R M Cabrera-Martinez1, P Setlow
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06032.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|January 15, 1991
Abstract:
Three genes coding for alpha/beta-type small, acid-soluble spore proteins (SASP) have been cloned from Clostridium perfringens and their nucleotide sequence determined. The proteins coded for contain 15 and 21 residues identical to those in Bacillus and C. bifermentans alpha/beta-type SASP, respectively, as well as many homologous residues. However, the C. perfringens SASP exhibit significant sequence divergence from Bacillus and C. bifermentans SASP. These genes may be useful in taxonomic studies of Clostridium species.