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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2005, p. 2917-2919, Vol. 187, No. 8
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JB.187.8.2917-2919.2005
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Clonal Distribution and Phase-Variable Expression of a Major Histocompatibility Complex Analogue Protein in Staphylococcus aureus
Angus Buckling,1
James Neilson,2
Jodi Lindsay,3
Richard ffrench-Constant,2
Mark Enright,2
Nicholas Day,4 and
Ruth C. Massey1*
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford,1
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath,2
Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St. George's Medical School, London, United Kingdom,3
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand4
Received 17 November 2004/
Accepted 13 January 2005
The mapW gene of Staphylococcus aureus strain N315 contains a poly(A) tract which truncates translation of the protein. This study demonstrates that mapW is an allelic variant of the map/eap genes found in other strains and that the variation in the length of this poly(A) tract suggests that it is a contingency locus.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd., Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-1865-271288. Fax: 44-1865-310447. E-mail: ruth.massey{at}zoo.ox.ac.uk.
Journal of Bacteriology, April 2005, p. 2917-2919, Vol. 187, No. 8
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JB.187.8.2917-2919.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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