TABLE 2.
Degenerate oligonuleotide probes used to identify the putative adhesin from an F. nucleatum genomic library
Probe(s) | Sequenceb |
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FadA N-terminal sequencea | ATDAASLVGELQALDA |
Pool 1 | GCXACXGATGCTGCTTCATTAGTXGGXGAA |
Pool 2 | GCXACXGATGCTGCTTCTTTAGTXGGXGAA |
Pool 3 | GCXACXGATGCTGCTAGTTTAGTXGGXGAA |
Pool 4 | TTAGTXGGXGAATTACAGGCXTTAGATGC |
Sequence identified by protein N-terminal microsequencing.
X, A or T. The nucleotides that differ in pools 1, 2, and 3 are underlined.