Open AccessCloning of a DNA sequence encoding a major fragment of the 47 kilodalton stress protein homologue of Candida albicans
Author(s) -
Matthews Ruth,
Burnie James
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb03413.x
Subject(s) - candida albicans , kilodalton , cloning (programming) , fragment (logic) , genetics , biology , dna , sequence (biology) , molecular cloning , peptide sequence , computational biology , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , computer science , programming language
Part of the gene coding for the immunodominant 47 kDa antigen of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans was cloned and sequenced. The predicted amino acid sequence was homologous to stress proteins, the most extensive similarity being with the heat shock protein hsp 90 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae . The 47 kDa antigen has diagnostic and therapeutic potential and is the first candidal antigen to be cloned and sequenced.