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Abstract

The major surface glycoprotein (MSG) of is the most abundant surface protein and appears to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of pneumocystosis. The expressed MSG gene is located immediately downstream of a region called the upstream conserved sequence (UCS). The UCS contains a region of tandem repeats that vary in number and sequence. In the present study, we have used capillary electrophoresis and direct sequencing to detect the variability in the repeat units of UCS. By direct sequencing the PCR products from samples of 13 patients, we have identified three types of repeat units which consisted of 10 nt and three different patterns in the UCS region with three and four repeats: 1, 2, 3 (84.6 %); 1, 2, 3, 3 (8.2 %); and a new genotype 2, 2, 3, 3 (8.2 %). The same samples were analysed by capillary electrophoresis. Three samples (23 %) contained a mixture of two or three different patterns of UCS repeats. In conclusion, quantifying the number of repeat units in the UCS by capillary electrophoresis provides a potential new method for the rapid typing of and the detection of mixed infection.

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