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Infection and Immunity, October 2001, p. 6537-6540, Vol. 69, No. 10
Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et
Immunologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 37380 Nouzilly, France
Received 12 February 2001/Returned for modification 16 May
2001/Accepted 18 July 2001
The Brucella melitensis sucB gene encoding the
dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase (E2o) enzyme (previously
identified as an immunogenic protein in infected sheep) was cloned and
sequenced. The amino acid sequence predicted from the cloned gene
revealed 88.8 and 51.2% identity to the dihydrolipoamide
succinyltransferase SucB protein from Brucella abortus and
Escherichia coli, respectively. Sera from naturally
infected sheep showed antibody reactivity against the recombinant SucB protein.
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.10.6537-6540.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence, and Expression of the
Brucella melitensis sucB Gene Coding for an Immunogenic
Dihydrolipoamide Succinyltransferase Homologous Protein

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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de
Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Institut National de la
Recherche Agronomique, 37380 Nouzilly, France. Phone: 33 2 47 42 78 72. Fax: 33 2 47 42 77 79. E-mail: zygmunt{at}tours.inra.fr.
Present address: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
Present address: Station de Pathologie Aviaire et
Parasitologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique,
37380 Nouzilly, France.
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