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BIALLELIC POLYMORPHISM IN THE INTRON REGION OF B-TUBULIN GENE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARASITES
Citation:
Sulaiman, I. M., A. A. Lai, M. J. Arrowood, AND L. Xiao. BIALLELIC POLYMORPHISM IN THE INTRON REGION OF B-TUBULIN GENE OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARASITES. JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY. American Society of Parasitologists, Winston-Salem, NC, 85(1):154-157, (1999).
Description:
Nucleotide sequencing of polymerase chain reaction-amplified intron region of the Cryptosporidium parvum B-tubulin gene in 26 human and 15 animal isolates revealed distinct genetic polymorphism between the human and bovine genotypes. The separation of 2 genotypes of C. parvum is in agreement with our previous genotyping data based on the thrombospondin-related adhesion protein (TRAP-C2) gene, indicating these genotype characteristics are lined at 2 genetic loci. Characterization of Cryptosporidium muris and Cryptosporidium serpentis has further shown that non-parvun Cryptosporidium parasites have B-tubulin intron sequences identical to bovine genotype of C. parvum. Thus, results of this study confirm the lineage of 2 genotypes of C. parvum at 2 genetic loci and suggest a need for extensive characterization of various Crptosporidium spp.