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Homology between surface protein antigen genes of Streptococcus sobrinus and Streptococcus mutans
I Takahashi1, N Okahashi, C Sasakawa
1Department of Dental Research, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan.
FEBS Letters
|June 5, 1989
Abstract:
The structural gene (pag gene) for a 210 kDa protein antigen of Streptococcus sobrinus serotype g was cloned and compared with that (pac gene) of a 190 kDa protein antigen of Streptococcus mutans serotype c. Immunodiffusion analysis revealed that the product of the pag gene immunologically cross-reacted with that of the pac gene. Southern blot and nucleotide sequence analyses revealed that a significant homology existed between the middle regions of the two structural genes.