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Infection and Immunity, May 2001, p. 3447-3450, Vol. 69, No. 5
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.3447-3450.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Sequence and Antigenic Variability of the Helicobacter mustelae Surface Ring Protein Hsr

Natasha Forester,1 John S. Lumsden,2 Tadhg O'Croinin,3 and Paul W. O'Toole1,*

Institute of Molecular BioSciences1 and Institute for Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences2 Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, and The Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin 12, Ireland3

Received 12 December 2000/Returned for modification 7 February 2001/Accepted 20 February 2001

We have identified an array of more than 500 repetitive sequences flanking the hsr gene, which encodes the major surface protein of the ferret pathogen Helicobacter mustelae. The repeats show identity exclusively to the amino-terminal half of Hsr. Analysis of Hsr from three strains indicated variability of exposed epitopes. Characterization of an hsr mutant showed that Hsr is not an adhesin.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Phone: 64 6 350 4998. Fax: 64 6 350 5688. E-mail: P.W.O'Toole{at}Massey.ac.nz.

Infection and Immunity, May 2001, p. 3447-3450, Vol. 69, No. 5
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.3447-3450.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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