Concerted Evolution in the Repeats of an Immunomodulating Cell Surface Protein, SOWgp, of the Human Pathogenic Fungi Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii
Johannesson H, Townsend JP, Hung CY, Cole GT, Taylor JW. Concerted Evolution in the Repeats of an Immunomodulating Cell Surface Protein, SOWgp, of the Human Pathogenic Fungi Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii. Genetics 2005, 171: 109-117. PMID: 15965255, PMCID: PMC1456504, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.040923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntigens, FungalCoccidioidesCoccidioidomycosisDNA, FungalEvolution, MolecularGene ConversionGenetic VariationHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsMutationPhylogenyPolymorphism, GeneticRecombination, GeneticRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidSequence Analysis, DNASpecies SpecificityTandem Repeat SequencesConceptsPathogenic fungus Coccidioides immitisConcerted evolutionProtein-coding genesC. posadasiiGenetic distance analysisPoint mutation rateHost-pathogen interactionsCell surface proteinsGenome dynamicsPathogen's benefitMultigene familyUnequal crossingGeographic rangeFungus Coccidioides immitisRepetitive domainEntire geneMutation rateRepetitive arraysSurface proteinsDistance analysisGenesHost immune systemImmune systemImmunodominant proteinsParasitic phase