The p40* adhesin pseudogene of Mycoplasma bovis

Anne Thomas; Annick Linden; Jacques Mainil; Isabelle Dizier; Joel B Baseman; Thirumalai R Kannan; Bénédicte Fleury; Joachim Frey; Edy M Vilei

doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.09.009

The p40* adhesin pseudogene of Mycoplasma bovis

Vet Microbiol. 2004 Dec 9;104(3-4):213-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.09.009.

Authors

Anne Thomas¹, Annick Linden, Jacques Mainil, Isabelle Dizier, Joel B Baseman, Thirumalai R Kannan, Bénédicte Fleury, Joachim Frey, Edy M Vilei

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, B43A, Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium.

PMID: 15564030
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.09.009

Abstract

An analogue of the adhesin gene p40 of Mycoplasma agalactiae was found in Mycoplasma bovis. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the p40* gene in M. bovis revealed the presence of a large deletion involving a frameshift that causes premature truncation of the translated protein, indicating that p40* exists as a pseudogene in M. bovis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics*
Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases / microbiology*
Chromosome Mapping
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Frameshift Mutation
Gene Deletion
Genes, Bacterial*
Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology
Mycoplasma Infections / veterinary*
Mycoplasma bovis / genetics*
Pseudogenes*
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Adhesins, Bacterial
DNA, Bacterial