Abstract:
The subject of the invention is new means, comprising nucleotide sequences, for the detection, especially after amplification, of the DNA or of the cDNA of S. enterica or S. bongori. 
     The invention relates especially to the oligonucleotides represented in the abstract figure.

Description:
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/586,272, filed on Jan. 16, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,824,795. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Description of the Related Art 
     The genus Salmonella contains two species, Salmonella enterica, a species divided into six sub-species on the basis of biochemical characteristics and those of homologies at the DNA level, and Salmonella bongori. The genus is subdivided into more than 2000 serovarieties defined with the aid of somatic and flagellar antigens. Bacteria of the genus Salmonella are generally pathogenic for animals and for man. It is thus known that Salmonella is among the agents responsible for the most common cases of food poisoning in developed countries; that is why rapid and reliable methods for the detection of subspecies of Salmonella are important. 
     The salmonellae responsible for food toxi-infections belong predominantly to the subspecies I (also called group I) of S. enterica. 
     Toxi-infections are however not the only pathologies caused by Salmonella infections. 
     For example, Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovariety typhi (called hereinafter Typhi) is the causative agent of human typhoid fever. 
     Given the nature of the infections caused by salmonellae and the need especially to search for their presence in biological samples taken from patients or from foods, it appears essential to have available rapid and sensitive means for detecting their presence therein. 
     The standard culture methods widely used up until now for the detection of salmonellae require a substantial amount of time and are not suitable for example for monitoring the contamination of food products. In order to overcome the disadvantages of these methods, several methods based on molecular biology techniques such as hybridization tests and tests based on the polymerase chain reaction have already been proposed. Various DNA probes have been used in several hybridization and PCR procedures to detect the Salmonella subspecies in the diet. However, none of these techniques is completely satisfactory since the sequences used are not completely known or are not exclusively present in the genus Salmonella and thus can lead to cross-reactions between the probe and DNA sequences from other enterobacteria or can lead to a large number of false negatives or false positives. 
     The inventors have sought means allowing the specific and sensitive detection of all the salmonellae of the species S. enterica and/or S. bongori. To this end, they focused their attention on the strain Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovariety typhi (S. Typhi) and on the gene involved in the invasion of cells by S. Typhi. 
     Furthermore, they defined certain conditions allowing the specific detection of defined groups of Salmonellae, for example Group I bacteria. 
     It has already been shown in the prior state of the art that the Typhi strain is capable of adhering to monolayers of HeLa cells and of entering into these cells (Yabuuchi et al, 1986). However, up until now, the genetic determinants involved in this process of adhering to and entering into the cells have not been clearly identified. Elsinghorst et al (1989) have cloned a Typhi chromosomal fragment which confers on Escherichia coli type bacteria the capacity to penetrate into Henle 407 cells. Recently, another chromosomal region involved in the invasion of HeLa cells by the Typhi Ty2 strain was identified and cloned (Popoff and Dion, 1990). 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The inventors of the present application have identified on an S. typhi DNA fragment of 2.4 kb, contained in the HindIII sequence of 7.9 kb described by Popoff and Dion (1990), regions capable of taking part in the activity of invading Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovariety Typhi in cells, and in particular in HeLa type cell cultures, these regions being capable, in addition, of being used in reactions for carrying out a generalized diagnosis of all the representatives of the species S. enterica and/or S. bongori or optionally under special detection conditions, for the specific diagnosis of S. enterica group I. 
     A sequence called IagA and a sequence called IagB have been identified by the inventors and characterized as taking part in the cell invasion which manifests itself during an infection due to Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovariety Typhi. 
     The specificity of these sequences within S. Typhi has led the inventors to propose their use in order to define means for the diagnosis of an infection by S. typhi or even for the diagnosis of an infection by Salmonella of the species S. enterica and/or S. bongori or in certain cases for the detection of S. enterica of specific groups. 
     These means, which can be used for the diagnosis of an infection by Salmonella enterica and/or Salmonella bongori comprise oligonucleotides capable of being used in reactions for the amplification of nucleotide sequences, for example polymerase chain reactions. The invention also relates to probes for the detection of nucleic acids of S. enterica or of a specific subspecies of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori, these nucleic acids being, where appropriate, amplified fragments. 
     The subject of the invention is also a kit and a method for detecting the presence of Salmonella enterica and/or of Salmonella bongori in biological samples and for example in food products or in any sample which is the subject of a clinical diagnosis. These detection kits and methods are, according to a specific embodiment of the invention, specific for the group I strains of S. enterica. 
     According to another embodiment of the invention, these methods make it possible, on the contrary, to search for the presence of S. enterica or S. bongori bacteria of the genus Salmonella. The genus Salmonella thus comprises six subspecies or groups I, II, III, IV, V or VI. The subspecies I, II, III, IV and VI belong to the species S. enterica and the subspecies V belongs to the species S. bongori. 
     The invention also relates to the nucleotide sequences taking part in the invasion of cells by Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovariety Typhi, characterized in that they are one of the sequences iagA or iagB respectively between nucleotides 97 and 1755 of the sequence represented in FIG. 1 (IagA) and between nucleotides 1776 and 2255 of the sequence represented in FIG. 1 (IagB) (SEQ ID NO: 1-3). 
     The invention also relates to nucleotide sequences which are modified in relation to iagA or iagB but exhibit nevertheless the same properties as regards the invasion of cells, or hybridize under stringent conditions with one of the abovementioned sequences. 
     The subject of the present application is also IagA and IagB proteins corresponding to the sequences presented in FIG. 1 or variants of these sequences which are obtained by mutation, deletion or addition of amino acids, as long as the sequence thus obtained is recognized by antibodies directed against one of the abovementioned IagA or IagB sequences (SEQ ID NO: 2-3). 
     In general, the subject of the invention is any amino acid sequence encoded by the iagA and iagB genes represented in FIG. 1. 
     The invention relates, moreover, to any fragment especially any purified fragment of one of these sequences which is sufficient to allow S. typhi to preserve its properties of adhering and infecting cells, in particular HeLa cells in culture. 
     The process for infecting HeLa cells in culture is the standard process which has been especially described in the international patent application published under number WO 92/01056. 
     According to another aspect, the invention relates to means for detecting the presence of S. enterica and/or S. bongori and, where appropriate, for quantifying S. enterica and/or S. bongori in biological samples. 
     Biological sample is understood to mean any sample collected for carrying out in vitro analyses in animals or in man or collected from food products regardless of their nature or from any liquid, solid or gaseous medium likely to contain the desired pathogenic agents. 
     The subject of the invention in this context is a nucleotide sequence comprising at least 9 nucleotides, characterized in that it hybridizes with one of the IagA or IagB sequences presented above. 
     The hybridization conditions referred to above are defined according to the desired specificity of the hybridization and appropriate conditions are given as a guide in the examples of the present application. 
     Preferably, the invention relates to oligonucleotides derived from the C-terminal part of the iagA sequence represented in FIG. 1 (SEQ ID NO: 1-2). 
     Oligonucleotide type sequences can be selected for use as primers either for the detection, after amplification, of the genomic DNA or the cDNA of Salmonella of the species S. enterica and/or of the species S. bongori belonging to the other groups I to VI or part of these groups, or under other conditions for the specific detection of S. enterica group I. These may be especially nucleotide sequences obtained by chemical synthesis according to methods known to a person skilled in the art. 
     Preferred oligonucleotides which can be used for the amplification of nucleic acid characteristic of bacteria belonging to one of the groups I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IV, V or VI of the genus Salmonella and especially of the genomic DNA or the cDNA of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori, are for example the following (their position within the IagA sequence represented in FIG. 1 being indicated) (SEQ ID NO: 4-14): 
     position 
     Iag1: 5&#39;-TA TTA AGT ATG CAG GTT ATG-3&#39; 1424-1443 
     Iag2: 5&#39;-AGA GAA TTT CTG CAA AGT GAA-3&#39; 1585-1605 
     Iag3: 5&#39;-ATA TCC ACG CAG GAA ATA ACA GGA CTT-3&#39; 1495-1521 
     Iag4: 5&#39;-GAG CGT GCC TTA CCG ACG ATA-3&#39; 1564-1584 
     Iag5: 5&#39;-GCA GGG ATC ACT AAG CTG TG-3&#39; 1318-1337 
     Iag6: 5&#39;-CGT GGG CAA CCA GCA CTA ACG-3&#39; 1637-1657 
     Slm1: 5&#39;-CG GGT TAA AGG TTA TCA CCT-3&#39; 709-728 
     Slm2: 5&#39;-AG CAT GGC GCA AAT GGG-3&#39; 1014-1031 
     Slm3: 5&#39;-GCA CCA GGA AAG CAT TAA GTT GAT AGA ACA C-3&#39; 732-762 
     Slm4: 5&#39;-CTT CGC TGG GAC ACA AAG CA-3&#39; 823-842 
     SS28: 5&#39;-TAA TGC TTT CCT GGT GC-3&#39;. 
     Other oligonucleotides capable of being used as primers for the amplification of DNA or of cDNA from the iagB gene of all Salmonella strains of the species S. enterica and/or of S. bongori have been defined from the iagB sequence represented in FIG. 1. 
     The subject of the invention is therefore the oligonucleotides corresponding to the following chains (SEQ ID NO: 15-18): 
     Iag7: 5&#39;-T ACG GCA TGG GCT GAT TGC T-3&#39; 
     Iag8: 5&#39;-T TAC GCT ATC GCC CAG CAG CAG GA-3&#39; 
     Iag9: 5&#39;-T GGT CAT AAC CGA GAT GGT TCA AAC GAT C-3&#39; 
     Iag10: 5&#39;-A CAG TTG TTA CAG GAT CCC T-3&#39; 
     These oligonucleotides can also be used as probes, for example for the detection of the products of amplification of the DNA and/or of the cDNA of S. enterica and/or of S bongori. 
     A pair of primers which is preferred for carrying out the amplification of the nucleic acid of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori, regardless of the group to which the bacterium belongs, is for example composed of the primers Iag5 (sense) and Iag6 (anti-sense). 
     This pair of primers direct the amplification of a 340 bp nucleic acid fragment. 
     Another preferred pair of primers is composed of the primers Slm1 (sense) and Slm2 (antisense). These primers are capable of hybridizing with the DNA or the cDNA of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori bacteria of one of the groups I, II, III, IV, V or VI. 
     According to another preferred embodiment, the invention relates to the oligonucleotides which can be used as primers for the specific detection of Salmonella enterica Group I when the detection conditions after the amplification of the DNA or of the cDNA are those which are described in example I. 
     Such primers are characterized by their capacity to amplify nucleic acid sequences from S. enterica or S. bongori strains representative of the groups I, II, III, IV, V and VI, but for which the detection conditions are those set out in example I allowing the detection of the group I bacteria alone. 
     A pair of oligonucleotides which can be used for these purposes, as primers specific for the detection of DNA or cDNA sequences from S. enterica group I for example consists of the following sequences (SEQ ID NO: 19, 14): 
     SS2 5&#39;-CCGGGCAGATGATACCC-3&#39; and 
     SS28&#39;-TAATGCTTTCCTGGTGC-3&#39;. 
     The oligonucleotides defined by the inventors make it possible to envisage the diagnosis of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori under satisfactory conditions in terms of sensitivity speed, ease and specificity. 
     The subject of the invention is also a kit for the detection of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori by amplification of the genomic or complementary DNA of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori, characterized in that it comprises: 
     oligonucleotides as described above, which are capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions with the genomic DNA or the cDNA of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori, 
     a probe for the detection of the amplified fragments corresponding to one of the definitions given in the preceding pages, 
     the reagents necessary for carrying out the amplification reaction. 
     The subject of the invention is therefore in particular the use of the abovementioned oligonucleotides as primers for the amplification of a DNA or cDNA sequence from Salmonella enterica and/or from Salmonella bongori, which is contained in one of the iagA or iagB sequences as described in the preceding pages or which are complementary to such a sequence, or alternatively the use of these oligonucleotides as probe for the detection of an amplified nucleotide sequence. 
     For example, the oligonucleotides iag5 and iag6 can be used respectively as sense and antisense primers for the detection of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori of the group I, II, III, IV, V or VI. 
     Likewise, the pair of primers Slm1 and Slm2 can be used for the detection of bacteria of the species S. enterica and/or S. bongori from one of these groups in a biological sample. 
     The invention also relates to the use of the oligonucleotides SS2 and SS28 for the specific detection in vitro, in a biological sample, of S. enterica group I. 
     The detection is specific when the primers used for the amplification of the desired nucleotide sequences allow the amplification of S. enterica and/or S. bongori bacteria belonging to one of the other groups II, III, IV, V or VI, but that the conditions used do not allow the detection of bacteria of these same groups or of different organisms which are capable of being present in the biological sample tested. 
     The invention thus relates to a set of oligonucleotides which can be used for the detection of S. enterica and/or S. bongori bacteria after amplification of the genomic or complementary DNA of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori, characterized in that it comprises: 
     a pair of oligonucleotides corresponding to the definitions given above, which are capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions with the genomic DNA or the cDNA of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori, 
     a probe corresponding to the characteristics given above. 
     A first set of oligonucleotides which can be used for the in vitro detection, in a biological sample, of Salmonella enterica and/or S. bongori strains belonging to one of the groups I, II, III, IV, V or VI, is characterized in that it contains the following oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 8-9): 
     the sequence Iag5 (5&#39;-GCA GGG ATC ACT AAG CTG TG-3&#39; and the sequence Iag6 (5&#39;-CGT GGG CAA CCA GCA CTA ACG-3&#39;) which can be used as primers for the amplification and 
     the sequence Iag3 (5&#39;-ATA TCC ACG CAG GAA ATA ACA GGA CTT-3&#39;) which can be used as revealing probe and the sequence Iag4 (5&#39;-GAG CGT GCC TTA CCG ACG ATA-3&#39;) which can be used as capture probe (SEQ ID NO: 6-7). 
     Another set of oligonucleotides which can be used for the specific detection in vitro, in a biological sample, of S. enterica group I, is characterized in that it comprises the following oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NO: 17-15): 
     SS2 (5&#39;-CCGGGCAGATGATACCC-3&#39; and 
     SS28 (&#39;-TAATCGTTTCCTGGTGC-3&#39;). 
     The subject of the present application is moreover an iagA protein encoded by the nucleotide sequence iagA represented in FIG. 1, as well as a protein iagB encoded by the nucleotide sequence iagB represented in FIG. 1. 
     Preferably, the iagA and iagB proteins have respectively the amino acid sequences represented in FIG. 1. 
     Also entering within the framework of the invention is a process for the in vitro detection, in a biological sample, of Salmonella enterica and/or S. bongori nucleotide sequences previously amplified for example by PCR, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: 
     denaturing the amplified S. enterica and/or S. bongori sequence, 
     bringing the denatured amplified nucleotide sequences from S. enterica and/or from S. bongori into contact with a capture probe and a revealing probe which are obtained from the oligonucleotides defined above under conditions allowing the hybridization of the said capture and revealing probes with the above-mentioned amplified nucleotide sequence from S. enterica and/or from S. bongori, the capture probe being attached to the surface of a well of a microtitre plate and the revealing probe being labelled and free in an appropriate hybridization buffer; 
     incubating the reaction mixture for a sufficient time to allow the hybridization reaction; 
     washing in order to remove the unreacted oligonucleotides; 
     revealing the revealing probes having hybridized to the amplified nucleotide sequences. 
     The detection process described above may be advantageously characterized in that the detection is carried out in accordance with the following steps: 
     denaturation of a 10 μl volume of the amplified sequence by addition, volume for volume, of a 200 mM NaOH, 40 mM EDTA solution, 
     prehybridization of the microplates whose well surface is coated with the capture probe, in an appropriate hybridization buffer, 
     release of the microplate and filling of each of the wells with 200 μl of hybridization buffer containing the denatured amplified fragment and the revealing probe labelled with peroxidase at the concentration of 10 ng/μl, 
     incubation of the mixture for one hour at 37° C., with stirring, 
     washing of the mixture which has reacted with a 10 X washing solution (100 mM Tris, 3 M NaCl, 1% Tween 20, pH 7.4), 
     detection of the activity of the peroxidase linked to the probe by colorimetry in the presence of a colored substrate. 
     The revealing of the activity of the peroxidase present on the revealing probe can be obtained by carrying out the following steps: 
     deposition of 200 μl of a 40 mM trisodium citrate solution, 0.03% H 2  O 30%, 7.5 mg/ml of orthophenylenediamine (OPD) in each of the wells containing the reaction mixture, 
     incubation of the microplate for 30 min in the dark and at 37° C., 
     blocking of the reaction by addition of 50 μl/well of a 4 N H 2  SO 4  solution, 
     determination of the optical density at a wavelength of 492 nm (reference at 620 nm). 
     Advantageously, the capture probe used is the oligonucleotide Iag4 and the revealing probe is the oligonucleotide Iag3. 
     Thus, the means defined within the framework of the invention allow the qualitative or quantitative detection of the presence of S. enterica and/or S. bongori type bacteria, whether this is a nonspecific detection within one of the groups I, II, III, IV, V or VI of S. enterica and/or of S. bongori. 
     Under specific conditions for carrying out the detection step, as set out in example I, the primers SS2, SS28 and the probe SS40 allow on the contrary the specific detection of S. enterica group I bacteria. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     Other characteristics and advantages of the invention appear in the following examples and in the figures: 
     FIG. 1: Nucleotide sequence of a 2.4 kb DNA fragment of the invasion region of Salmonella ser. Typhi. The potential sites for binding to the ribosome are underlined (SEQ ID NO: 1-3). 
     FIG. 2: Percentage of the activity obtained with various strains of Salmonella belonging to various serovarieties by sandwich hybridization. Serovarieties of various Salmonella isolates tested: 
     a: S. enterica subspecies enterica (1), ref.: C53 
     b: S. enterica subspecies salamae (II), ref.: 975-71 
     c: S. enterica subspecies salamae (II), ref.: 3975-83 
     d: S. enterica subspecies arizonae (IIIa), ref.: 1600 K 
     e: S. enterica subspecies arizonae (IIIa), ref.: So 20--20 
     f: S. enterica subspecies diarizonae (II), (ref.: 5250-85 
     g: S. enterica subspecies diarizonae (IIIb), ref.: 8013-93 
     h: S. enterica subspecies houtenae (IV), ref.: 1357-73 
     i: S. bongori, ref.: 2790-79 
     k: S. enterica subspecies indica (VI), ref.: 4355-84-7, 6, 5, 4 and 3: log (amount of DNA molecules). 
     FIG. 3: Alignment of the sequences of the amplified fragments (nucleotides 1345 to 1644) of the 6 groups of Salmonellae (SEQ ID NO: 20-27). 
     FIG. 4: Amplification by means of the primers Iag5 and Iag6 on two representatives of each of the groups of Salmonellae. 
     FIG. 5: Autoradiography of the Southern blot of the amplified products of Salmonellae. 
     FIG. 6: Determination of the minimum number of chromosomal DNA molecules which can be detected. Autoradiography of the Southern blot and microplate hybridization. 
     FIG. 7: Location of the oligonucleotides selected within the IagA gene. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     EXAMPLE I 
     CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF THE 2.4 kb DNA FRAGMENT 
     This DNA fragment was subcloned using a restriction fragment obtained by cutting with the HindIII enzymes, from the 7.9 kb HindIII sequence described in the publication by Popoff and Dion, 1990, into derivatives of the vector m13 (Messing and Vieira, 1982). 
     After carrying out this cloning, the chain termination dideoxy method was carried out using the modified T7 DNA polymerase (Sequenase, USB Corp.) and universal synthetic oligonucleotides as primers. All the ends of the restriction fragments used overlap with each other. The sequencing of the DNA was carried out at least twice on each of the strands. The nucleotide sequence was analyzed using the Lipan and Pearson programme, 1985. 
     As shown by the sequence presented in FIG. 1, two open reading frames are contained in the fragment sequenced; they are designated by the terms iagA (abbreviation for invasion associate gene) and iagB. The two open reading frames are transcribed in the same orientation. The first ATG codon (bp 97) of the open reading frame of iagA which is preceded by the sequence 5&#39;-AGAGA-3&#39; is supposed to correspond to the site of initiation of translation of the iagA gene. The iagA gene encodes a polypeptide containing 553 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of 63026 Da. A significant homology was detected between the N-terminal domain of the IagA protein and the domain corresponding to the protein for regulation of transcription PhoB (24% identity and 52% similarity for a superposition of 108 amino acids) and the protein PhoP (25% identity and 69% similarity for 100 aligned amino acids) of E. coli. The ATG codon for initiation of the iagB gene (bp 1776) is also preceded by a potential ribosome-binding site (5&#39;-AGGAAG-3&#39;). The iagB gene encodes a polypeptide containing 160 amino acids and having a calculated molecular weight of 18369 Da. Comparison of the sequence of the IagB protein with the translated sequences contained in the Genbank databank has shown a significant homology with the protein IpgF (43% identity and 66% similarity for 151 aligned amino acids). 
     The IpgF protein is encoded by the ipgF gene which is situated on the plasmid associated with the virulence of Shigella flexneri, at the 5&#39; end of the mxi-spa locus (Allaoui et al, 1993). 
     The Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovariety Typhi proteins detected are therefore thought to have a role in the infection by these bacteria, and especially in the adhesion and the penetration into the cells. 
     EXAMPLE 2 
     SPECIFIC DETECTION OF S. ENTERICA GROUP I 
     A procedure for detecting the subspecies of Salmonella by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been developed. A pair of oligonucleotides used as primer was defined in order to amplify a 93 bp fragment of a gene required for the invasion of HeLa cells by S. typhi, strain Ty2. The amplification product was analyzed by a nonradioactive sandwich hybridization on microtitre plates using two different oligonucleotides according to the procedure described by Chevrier et al, 1993, Mol. Cell. Probes 7, 187-197. The capture oligonucleotide was phosphorylated at its 5&#39; end and covalently linked to wells carrying amine-containing groups of a microtitre plate. The detection oligonucleotide was aminated at its 5&#39; end and then labelled with a biotinyl-N-hydroxy-succinimide ester. After hybridization, the hybrid molecules were detected by avidin conjugated to alkaline phosphatase and to a chromogenic substrate. This method requires the use of only a thermal cycler and a conventional microtitre reader, and can be carried out on a large scale. 
     MATERIALS AND METHODS 
     Bacterial Strains 
     Two hundred and twenty-eight clinical isolates (Table 1) including S. bongori (Sambrook et al, 1989, Molecular cloning, a laboratory manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), S. enterica subspecies I(116), II(56), IIIa(11), IIIb(30), IV(5) and VI(5) and 16 non-salmonella Enterobacteria strains (Table 2) representing 9 different genera were used in this study. The S. ser. Typhimurium C53 strain was used as positive control, and the E coli HB101 strain was used as negative control in the PCR tests. 
     Extraction of DNA 
     The strains were cultured in an LB medium at 37° C. In order to carry out the rapid extraction of the DNA, 2 ml of the culture maintained overnight were centrifuged and resuspended in 1 ml of TE (10 mM Tris-HCl buffer at pH 8 containing 1 mM EDTA). The cells were centrifuged, the centrifugation pellet was resuspended in 500 μl of sterile distilled water and heated at 100° C. for 10 minutes. Finally, the solution was centrifuged and the supernatant was stored for the PCR experiments. 
     Oligonucleotide Primers and Probes 
     The oligonucleotides were synthesized in a cyclone DNA synthesizer (Millipore-Waters) using the phosphoramidite technology. 
     The sequences of the oligonucleotide primers were the following (SEQ ID NO: 14, 19): 
     SS2: 5&#39;-CCGGGCAGATGATACCC-3&#39; and 
     SS28: 5&#39;-TAATGCTTTCCTGGTGC-3&#39;. 
     The capture oligonucleotide probe, 
     SS40: 5&#39;-CCCGAACTATCTCGATCTGTACAATATTATCATT-3&#39; 
     was phosphorylated at its 5&#39; end with T4 polynucleotide kinase (Boehringer) according to the description made by Sambrook et al, 1989, (Molecular cloning, a laboratory manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) (SEQ ID NO: 28). The octadecanucleotide detection probe SS41 (5&#39;-GCAGGTGATAACCTTTAA-3&#39;) was synthesized with an amino functional group at its 5&#39; end using the solid phase phosphoramidite method in an Applied Biosystem 380B DNA synthesizer and then labelled with D-biotinyl-Σ-aminocaproic acid-N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (Boehringer) according to the description made by Tham et al, 1990, (FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 69, 109-116) (SEQ ID NO: 29). The capture and detection oligonucleotides were both purified on a rapid HR 10/10 desalting column with the FPLC system (Pharmacia). 
     PCR Experiments 
     The DNA fragment subjected to the PCR reaction was denatured directly in the wells by adding sequentially 95 μl of distilled water, 5 μl of PCR sample, 40 μl of detection probe and 14 μl of 1 N NaOH per well. After 10 minutes, neutralization was carried out by adding 21 μl of 1 M NaH 2  PO 4  containing 1% sarkosyl. All the samples were prepared in duplicate. After the neutralization, the band was deposited on a metallic surface and maintained in an oven overnight at 40° C. The final concentration of the biotinylated detection probe SS41 was 0.5 nM. During the incubation in the oven, it is preferable not to leave the unused wells empty but to fill them with water so as to obtain homogeneous thermal exchanges. The microwells were washed 5 times at room temperature with TBS-Tw (0.15 M NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl buffer at pH 8, 1% Tween 20). 100 μl of alkaline phosphatase-extravidine conjugate (Sigma), diluted at 1 μg/ml in TBS-Tw containing 1% bovine serum albumin, were added per well. Next, the band was incubated at room temperature for 1 h, washed 5 times with TBS-Tw and finally 200 μl of 1 M diethanolamine at pH 9.8 containing 1 mM MgCl 2  and 1 mM para-nitrophenyl phosphate were added. The enzyme reaction was carried out for 30 minutes to 2 hours. The absorbance was measured at 405 nm using a microplate reader (Dynatech). The signal obtained with the standard solution of the amplified DNA fragment (800 fm/well) of S. ser Typhimurium strain C53 was considered to represent 100% and used as reference for each hybridization test. The blank values correspond to the mean absorbance measured in the wells coated with the oligonucleotide SS40 incubated with only 0.5 nM of biotinylated oligonucleotide probe SS41. 
     RESULTS 
     Optimization of the Method 
     The primers and the probes were chosen in the iagA sequence. Various pairs of primers were tested in order to optimize the sandwich hybridization technique on CovaLink microplates. The pair of primers chosen (SS2 and SS28) allowed the specific amplification of the 93 bp region of the Salmonella genomic DNA. By using this pair of primers, it was shown that a standard MgCl 2  concentration (1.5-2 mM) led to a relatively unadvantageous amplification result and that an MgCl 2  concentration of 4 mM was necessary in order to obtain an efficient amplification. Internal oligonucleotides, SS40 and SS41, were used in a nonradioactive hybridization test as capture probe and detection probe respectively. 
     Specificity of the Technique 
     The specificity of the method for the detection of salmonellae was evaluated with 228 strains of Salmonella (Table 1) and 16 heterologous bacteria strains (Table 2). The results are summarized in Table 3. Edwardsiella tarda, Klebsiella pneumoniae, species of Enterobacter and Acinetobacter, Pasteurella, Vibrio harveyi, Serratia marcescens and more substantially species of Citrobacter and all E coli gave a hybridization signal of less than 20%. On the basis of this value, it was concluded that all the Salmonella strains belonging to the subspecies I could be detected by the present method. Furthermore, only one strain (strain 3975-83) of the 56 strains of the subspecies II and 3 strains of the 11 strains of the subspecies IIIa gave a positive signal. Salmonella bongori and the strains belonging to the subspecies IIIb, IV and VI were not detectable. 
     Detection Level of the Technique with Whole Bacteria 
     1/10th dilutions of a suspension of the S. ser Typhimurium C53 strain (from 10 9  to 10 -2  cells/ml) were made in order to estimate the minimum number of bacteria which could be detected by PCR followed by the nonradioactive hybridization technique. DNA was extracted from each calibrated suspension using the technique of rapid extraction by boiling. The results obtained show clearly that the technique of rapid extraction of DNA by simply boiling the suspension before the PCR reaction is an efficient technique. Indeed, it allows the detection of only one cfu unit. 
     
                       TABLE 1______________________________________Salmonella subspecies used to evaluate the specificityof the DNA hybridization tests.                No. of  No. ofMicroorganism tested isolates                        serovars______________________________________Salmonellia enterica subsp enterica I                116     43serovar Adelaide             1Agona                        2Altona                       1Angoda                       1Bardo                        2Blockley                     1Bovismorbificans             3Braenderup                   4Brandenburg                  1Bredeney                     1Broughton                    2Cerro                        1Chester                      1Coeln                        1Concord                      1Dakar                        1Derby                        2Enteridis                    28Georgia                      1Hadar                        1Heidelberg                   4Ibadan                       2Indiana                      1Infantis                     5Lexington                    1London                       1Mbandaka                     1Montevideo                   6Moscow                       1Ohio                         1Orion                        1Panama                       3Paratyphi B                  2Saintpaul                    1Typhimurium                  13Typhisuis                    1Vaertan                      1Veneziana                    1Vinohrady                    1Virchow                      10Wien                         1Woodinville                  1Yolo                         1Salmonella enterica subsp salamae II                56      56Salmonella enterica subsp arizonae IIIa                11      29Salmonella enterica subsp diarizonae IIIb                30      5Salmanella enterica subsp houtenae IV                5       5Salmonella enterica subsp indica VI                5       5Salmonella bongori   5       5(initially S. enterica subsp bongori V)______________________________________ 
    
     
                       TABLE 2______________________________________Heterologous bacteria used in the DNA hybridizationtestGenus        Species     Number of isolates______________________________________Escherichia  coli        4Edwarsiella  tarda       1Citrobacter  amalonaticus                    1        freundii    1Klebsiella   pneumoniae  1Enterobacter agglomerans 1        asburiae    1        hormoechei  1Pasteurella  multocida   1Acinetobacter        lwoffii     1        haemolyticus                    1Vibrio       harveyi     1Serratia     marcescens  1______________________________________ 
    
     
                                           TABLE 3__________________________________________________________________________Clinical strains of bacteria and controls tested in a Sandwichhybridization testS. enterica      S. enterica           S. enterica                S. enterica                     S. enterica                          S. enterica     Controlsubsp.     subsp.           subsp.                subsp.                     subsp.                          subsp.    Non-  withoutenterica   salamae           arizonae                diarizonae                     houtenae                          indica                               S. bongori                                    Salmonella                                          DNA__________________________________________________________________________activity (%)100%-20% 116   1   3     0   0    0    0    0     019%    0   51   8    12   4    4    5    9     0&gt; blank&lt; blank  0    4   0    18   1    1    0    7     23Total 116  56   11   30   5    5    5    16    23__________________________________________________________________________ 
    
     Quantitative Hybridization with Purified Genomic DNA 
     The nonradioactive hybridization procedure used in the tests reported here can be easily carried out in quantitative studies. To compare the hybridization signals obtained with various Salmonella strains, DNA was extracted from 10 strains representing the 6 subspecies of Salmonella enterica and the species Salmonella bongori, then calibrated quantities of DNA were subjected to PCR reactions followed by a sandwich hybridization. The results are reported in FIG. 2. It was demonstrated that the hybridization signal obtained with 10 7  molecules of DNA of Salmonella bongori or of the subspecies II, IIIa, IIIb, IV and VI of Salmonella enterica is lower than the hybridization signal observed with 10 3  molecules of DNA of the strains of the subspecies I. However, it is important to note that the isolate 3975-83 (subspecies II) gave the same hybridization signal as the strains belonging to the subspecies I. 
     DISCUSSION 
     PCR amplification allows a very sensitive detection of specific DNA sequences. The sensitivity of the amplification depends essentially on the number of copies of target DNA, the purity of the sample to be analyzed, the DNA extraction method, and the sensitivity of the method used to detect the PCR products. Visualization of the PCR products by ethidium bromide staining in an electrophoresis gel is not compatible with the routine use of the technique and is not sufficiently sensitive. The sensitivity can be enhanced by the use of double PCR or of DNA probes with a Dot-blot or a Southern-blot hybridization. However, double PCR is very sensitive to contamination by DNA and the Dot-blot or Southern-blot hybridization techniques are not appropriate for automation. Microplate hybridization therefore offers an appropraite technique for the detection and quantification of fragments amplified by PCR. The simple covalent attachment of the nucleic acids to microwells represents an advantageous variant of passive adsorption and a substantial improvement for the detection of fragments amplified by PCR on micro-wells. 
     It is known that the strains of Salmonella which cause infections in man belong essentially to the subspecies I. Indeed, more than 95% of the clinical isolates in humans belong to this subspecies (Rowe, B., 1987, Salmonella surveillance. Reports received from centers participating in the WHO programme. World Health Organization London). Furthermore, in 1991, the &#34;Centre National d&#39;Etudes Veterinaires et Alimentaires&#34; of Paris (France) reported [Corbion, B. et al, 1991, Inventory of Salmonella] that in the previous years, most of the strains isolated in animals in the diet or in the environment in 1988 and 1989 (that is to say, 18832 strains) belong to the subspecies I (99.2%). 
     The results reported here have made it possible to define a method based on PCR amplification for the detection of pathogenic strains of Salmonella. A pair of primers, SS2 and SS28, and a pair of probes, SS40 and SS41 were selected from a gene necessary for the invasion of HeLa cells by Salmonella ser. Typhi strain Ty2. By using the combination of the PCR technique and microplate nonradioactive sandwich hybridization, all the Salmonella bacteria of the subspecies I were detected. 
     The detection limit was lower than a threshold represented by 10 cells per PCR tube, which is in accordance with the results obtained by other similar PCR techniques. Given the nucleic acid similarity between members of the enterobacteria, it was important to check the specificity of these new primers and probes with the enterobacteria genera which are most likely to lead to &#34;false-positive&#34; type reactions. From the results obtained, it can be concluded that no false-positive reaction can take place when the PCR and hybridization conditions described above are followed. 
     It is advantageous to note that the Salmonella strain 3975-83 (subspecies II) had a hybridization signal identical to that obtained with the isolates belonging to the subspecies I. This strain was isolated in 1983 from stools from a human patient in Great Britain. On the basis of the biochemical characteristics, this new serovariety was classified in the subspecies II but was considered as an atypical strain since its presence was not detected in gelatinase (Le Minor, L. et al, 1984, Supplement No. XXVII, 1983, to Kauffmann-White Scheme, Ann. Microbiol. (Institut Pasteur) 135 B, 45-51). In the light of the results reported here, the taxonomic position of the strain 3975-83 ought to be reexamined using the DNA-DNA hybridization technique. 
     The data presented here indicate that the hybridization method based on the use of a gene necessary for the invasion of HeLa cells by Salmonella ser. Typhi strain Ty2 can distinguish the Salmonella strains of the subspecies I from the other enteric bacteria, including E. coli. The nonradioactive hybridization on a Covalink NH microplate is sensitive and appropriate for the analysis of a large number of samples. 
     EXAMPLE 3 
     DETECTION OF SALMONELLA DNA AMPLIFIED BY SANDWICH HYBRIDIZATION 
     Sequence of the Oligonucleotides 
     The DNA fragments chosen are the following (SEQ ID NO: 4-13)(see position on the sequence of FIG. 1): 
     C-terminal part 
     position 
     Iag1: 5&#39;-TA TTA AGT ATG CAG GTT ATG-3&#39; 1424-1443 
     Iag2: 5&#39;-AGA GAA TTT CTG GAA AGT GAA-3&#39; 1585-1605 
     Iag3: 5&#39;-ATA TCC ACG CAG GAA ATA ACA GGA CTT-3&#39; 1495-1521 
     Iag4: 5&#39;-GAG CGT GCC TTA CCG ACG ATA-3&#39; 1564-1584 
     Iag5: 5&#39;-GCA GGG ATC ACT AAG CTG TG-3&#39; 1318-1337 
     Iag6: 5&#39;-CGT GGG CAA CCA GCA CTA ACG-3&#39; 1637-1657 
     Slm1: 5&#39;-CG GGT TAA AGG TTA TCA CCT-3&#39; 709-728 
     Slm2: 5&#39;-AG CAT GGC GCA AAT GGG-3&#39; 1014-1031 
     Slm3: 5&#39;-GCA CCA GGA AAG CAT TAA GTT GAT AGA ACA C-3&#39; 732-762 
     Slm4: 5&#39;-CTT CGC TGG GAC ACA AAG CA-3&#39; 823-842 
     Preferably, the pair of primers Iag5 (sense) and Iag6 (antisense) directs the amplification of a 340 bp fragment, the pair Slm1 (sense) and Slm2 (anti-sense) directs the amplification of a 323 bp fragment (FIG. 3) (SEQ ID NO: 8-11). 
     FIG. 4 shows the efficiency of the amplification of a pair of primers Iag5 and Iag6 on 2 representatives of each of the groups of Salmonellae (SEQ ID NO: 8-9). 
     Process of Detection 
     A format for detection by sandwich hybridization was used. 
     Two oligonucleotides hybridize simultaneously to the denatured amplified fragment. One of them, called capture probe, is attached passively (but can also be attached covalently) to the surface of a 96-well microtitre plate well. The other, called revealing probe, is labelled with an element which is easy to detect. The revealing probe is free in the hybridization buffer. 
     The capture and revealing probes are complementary to 2 different regions situated inside the amplified fragment. 
     The detection probe in the case described here is linked to an enzymatic marker, especially a peroxidase, and will serve as revealing probe. This is the case preferably for the oligonucleotides Iag3 and Slm3 (SEQ ID NO: 1, 12). Other oligonucleotides can be attached to a microplate-type solid support, a particulate or membrane support and serve as capture probe, this particularly for the oligonucleotides Iag4 and Slm4 (SEQ ID NO: 7, 13). 
     Experimental Conditions 
     1) Preparation of the Salmonella DNA 
     Using the boiling method in the presence of Chelex (6% Chelex, 0.1% SDS, 1% NP40, 1% Tween 20), the DNA sequences are obtained. This reagent is marketed by Biorad and is used according to the manufacturer&#39;s procedure (ref. Walsh et al. 1991. BioTechniques 10: 506-513). 
     2) Amplification 
     According to the method initially described by Saiki and as set out, for example, in European Patent EP 0,201,184. 
     The PCR is carried out using the following reaction mixture: 
     50 mM KCl 
     10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.3 
     1.5 mM MgCl 2   
     125 μM deoxyribonucleotides (dCTP, dATP, dGTP) 
     250 μM UTP 
     25 pmol of each of the primers 
     10 ng DNA 
     1 unit of Uracyl N Glycosylase 
     1 unit of Taq polymerase. 
     The reaction mixture was prepared using 10 μl of the solution containing the DNA to be amplified in a volume of 100 μl. The dUTP and UNG are used in a decontamination system (Brevet Life Technologies European Patent Application 0 401 037). The thermocycler used is Perkin Elmer 9600. 
     After incubation at 50° C. for 2 min in order to allow the action of the UNG and denaturation at 95° C. for 5 min, the temperature cycles used are the following: 
     5 cycles (95° C. 15 sec, 50° C. 15 sec, 72° C. 15 sec) 
     35 cycles (95° C. 15 sec, 57° C. 15 sec, 72° C. 15 sec) 
     3) Visualization of the Amplification Reaction 
     3-1) Labelling of the Revealing Probe 
     The probes are labelled with horseradish peroxidase (ref. PCR protocols: a guide to methodes and application; Academic press (1990), 15, p4513-4534) and the activity of the enzyme is revealed by colorimetry. 
     3-2) Agarose Gel Stained with BET and Membrane Hybridization 
     After amplification, 10 μl of the amplification product are deposited on an agarose gel and the DNA is transferred onto a membrane according to conventional techniques (Maniatis). The membrane is prehybridized, 30 min at 68° C. in hybridization buffer (10 X Denhart, 6 X SSC, 0.1% SDS) and then hybridized at 42° C. for 3 h with 60 ng of probe per ml of hybridization buffer. 
     Washing is then carried out according to the following steps: 
     twice 10 min in 2 X SSC -0.1% SDS at room temperature, 
     once 30 min in 0.1 X SSC -0.1% SDS at 42° C., 
     twice 10 min in 2 X SSC at room temperature. 
     Revealing: The membrane is blotted between two sheets of absorbent paper (Whatman 3MM paper) and placed in a clean and dry tank. 
     The Amersham detection reagent (ECL RPN 2105 detection reagent) is prepared immediately before use volume for volume; 30 ml of total volume for a 5×8 cm membrane. A cassette for autoradiography is obtained by fixing a sheet of absorbent paper (Whatman 3MM paper) at the bottom. All these steps can be carried out under light, and then in a dark chamber. 
     The membrane is immersed in the detection reagent for 1 min, the DNA side on top, the membrane is drained rapidly, it is placed in the cassette, the DNA side on top, a sheet of transparent plastic is placed on top (otherwise the membrane sticks to the film) and an X-ray film is placed on top (X-OMAT KODAK film). 
     The exposure is carried out for 30 min at room temperature and then the film is developed by conventional developing techniques (developer, water, fixing agent). 
     3-3) Microplate 
     3-3-1) Coating of the Capture Oligonucleotide 
     It can be carried out by adsorption (Cook et al, NAR, 16: 4077-4095 (1988) or by covalent coupling (Rasmussen, S. R. et al, 1991. Analytical Biochemistry 198, 138-142). 
     3-3-2) Microplate Hybridization and Reading 
     10 μl of the amplification product were denatured by adding volume for volume a 200 mM NaOH, 40 mM EDTA solution. 
     The microplates in which the surface of the wells is coated with the capture probe were prehybridized in a hybridization buffer containing 10 XDenhart, 6 XSSC, 0.1% SDS. 
     Next, the microplate was emptied and each of the wells received 200 μl of hybridization buffer containing the denatured amplified fragment and the revealing probe at the concentration of 10 ng/μl. The incubation took place for one hour at 37° C. and with stirring. 
     After washing (10 X washing solution: 100 mM Tris, 3 M NaCl, 1% Tween 20, pH 7.4), the activity of the peroxidase linked to the probe was detected by colorimetry in the presence of a colored substrate. 
     To do this, 200 μl of a 40 mM trisodium citrate solution, 0.03% H 2  O 30%, 7.5 mg/ml of orthophenylene-diamine (OPD) were distributed in each of the wells. The microplate was incubated for 30 min in the dark and at 37° C. 50 μl/well of a 4 N H 2  SO 4  solution were added in order to block the reaction. 
     The optical density was determined at a wavelength of 492 nm (reference at 620 nm). 
     4) Sequencing of the PCR Products and Manual Alignment of the Sequences 
     According to conventional techniques, by using for example an Applied Biosystem &#34;373 DNA sequencer&#34; automatic machine and the Applied &#34;dye terminator&#34; kit. 
     Results 
     The exemplified model is preferably the following oligonucleotide system: 
     Iag5 sense primer-Iag6 antisense primer 
     Iag3 revealing probe and Iag4 capture probe (SEQ ID NO: 8,9,6,7). 
     (it should be noted that Iag4 can equally well be labelled and used as revealing probe). 
     Specificity Study 
     It was performed on all of the bacterial strains listed in Tables 4 and 5. 
     The amplification of the DNA extracted from the 45 Salmonella strains tested generated a fragment of the expected size (cf. FIG. 5). The Southern blots of all the amplified products were hybridized with the internal oligonucleotide probe Iag3 labelled with peroxidase (SEQ ID NO: 6). None of the non-salmonella strains gave rise to hybridization with a peroxidase probe obtained on a membrane according to the procedure described above. 
     The same amplification products were tested in a mircoplate format. 
     The cut-off was arbitrarily set at 0.050. All the representatives of each of the Salmonella groups give an optical density value greater than 0.050 (Table 6). 
     Sensitivity 
     In order to determine the minimum number of molecules of salmonella chromosomal DNA which can be detected, a range of dilution of purified chromosomal DNA was amplified. 5 molecules are visible on the southern blot autoradiograph and detected by microplate hybridization: the value obtained by colorimetry is greater than the Cut-Off (FIG. 6). 
     The oligonucleotides selected for carrying out this example are located on the sequence of the IagA gene (FIG. 7). 
     
                       TABLE 4______________________________________SALMONELLA STRAINS STUDIEDNo.  Strains        Serotype         Group______________________________________1    Salmonella Marseille            I2    Salmonella Nyanza               I3    Salmonella Poona                I4    Salmonella Kampala              I5    Salmonella Taksony              I6    Salmonella Teshie               I7    Salmonella Indiana              I8    Salmonella enteritidis          I9    Salmonella Kentucky             I10   Salmonella Napoli               I11                  841 11:a:d:en 215                                II12                  1703 K 41:2:15   II13                  950-71 43:d:z 39 II14                  10-65 44:24, 223:-                                II15                  3209-81 45:z 23  II16                  5331/86 62: z 29:-                                IIIa17                  3064-4/252 41:k:-                                IIIa18                  594-54 38:z 54:- IIIa19                  1694 cdai 426 63:z 4, z32:-                                IIIa20                  So 50/16 62:f,z 51:-                                IIIa21                  5251-85 58:r:z 53                                IIIb22                  1758-76 6,14:z 10:enx 215                                IIIb23                  453-68 16:liv:z53                                IIIb24                  4305-57 16:li(v):z 35                                IIIb25                  1698-75 11:liv:z IIIb26                  8275-94 47:r:enx 215                                IIIb27                  8283-94 53:z 10:z                                IIIb28                  cdc 456-5/93 40:i:1,5,7                                IIIb29                  8284-94 60:i:z   IIIb30                  1693 K 38:k:z 55 IIIb31                  1707 48:f:z 51:- IV32                  7231/89 45:z 36, z 38                                IV33                  6887/60 48:f, z 51:-                                IV34                  1357/73 43:z4, z 24:-                                IV35                  1550 K16:z 4, z 23:-                                IV36   Salmonella Bongor               261-66 48:z35:-  V37   Salmonella Camdeni               2022-77 44:r:-   V38                  4985-85 48:z 39:-                                V39                  7688-85 48:z39:- V40                  1387-7340:a:-    V41                  1941-77 6,7:z41:1,7                                VI42                  1449 K45:a enx   VI43                  4355-84 1,6,14,25:a:e,n,x                                VI44                  1711 K 11:b:enx  VI45                  1688K,1,6 14,25:Z 10:1,12,7                                VI______________________________________ 
    
     
                       TABLE 5______________________________________NON-SALMONELLA STRAINSNo.      Name             Identification______________________________________1        Klebsiella oxytoca                     0059 SDP2        Klebsiella pneumoniae                     0054 SDP3        Acinetobacter baumanii                     0033 SDP4        Proteus mirabilis                     RP4025        Serratia marcescens                     0042 SDP6        Enterobacter agglomerans                     0067 SDP7        Citrobacter diversus                     0068 SDP8        Pseudomonas aeruginosa                     0011 SDP9        Enterobacter aerogenes                     0066 SDP10       Escherichia coli 0131 SDP11       Enterocoque faecalis                     7611712       Proteus mirabilis                     AP0313       Enterocoque faecalis                     7611714       Enterobacter cloacae                     0060 SDP15       Mycobacterium avium                     616       Mycobacterium tuberculosis                     H 37 RV17       Listeria monocytogenes                     1/2 LG3______________________________________ 
    
     
                       TABLE 6______________________________________MICROPLATE DETECTIONSAMPLES              OD at 420 nm______________________________________2 Nyanza gpe I       3.0293 Poona gpe I        3.10311 gpe II            3.15512 gpe II            0.75118 gpe IIIa          3.13920 gpe IIIa          3.06821 gpe IIIb          3.16130 gpe IIIb          3.20131 gpe IV            0.27235 gpe IV            0.52736 gpe V             1.86840 gpe V             3.34745 gpe VI            0.900Klebsiella oxytoca   0.022Klebsiella pneumoniae                0.017Acinetobacter baumanii                0.024Proteus mirabilis    0.019Serratia marcescens  0.019Enterobacter agglomerans                0.023Mycobacterium avium n° 6                0.025Mycobacterium tuberculosis H 37 RV                0.020Listeria monocytogenes 1/2 LG3                0.015Control water        0.018Control water        0.022______________________________________ 
    
     
         __________________________________________________________________________#             SEQUENCE LISTING- (1) GENERAL INFORMATION:-    (iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 29- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:1:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 2406 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: double     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)-     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:#SER. TYPHIA) ORGANISM: SALMONELLA-     (ix) FEATURE:     (A) NAME/KEY: CDS     (B) LOCATION: 97..1755#/product= &#34;iagA&#34;ER INFORMATION:-     (ix) FEATURE:     (A) NAME/KEY: CDS     (B) LOCATION: 1776..2255#/product= &#34;iagB&#34;ER INFORMATION:-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:1:- GTACTAGCAG CAGAATTACT GAAACAGTAG ATTCTATCCT AACGACTTGT AT - #TAGCTATT  60#TTT AAT CCT      114AG AGAATACACT ATTATC ATG CCA CAT#    Met Pro His Phe Asn Pro#   5  1- GTT CCT GTA TCG AAT AAA AAA TTC GTC TTT GA - #T GAT TTC ATA CTC AAC 162Val Pro Val Ser Asn Lys Lys Phe Val Phe As - #p Asp Phe Ile Leu Asn#             20- ATG GAC GGC TCC CTC GTA CGC TCA GAA AAG AA - #A GTC AAT ATT CCG CCA 210Met Asp Gly Ser Leu Val Arg Ser Glu Lys Ly - #s Val Asn Ile Pro Pro#         35- AAA GAA TAT GCC GTT CTG GTC ATC CTG CTC GA - #A GCC GCC GGC AAG ATT 258Lys Glu Tyr Ala Val Leu Val Ile Leu Leu Gl - #u Ala Ala Gly Lys Ile#     50- GTG AGT AAA AAC ACC TTA TTG GAC CAA GTA TG - #G GGC GAC GCG GAA GTT 306Val Ser Lys Asn Thr Leu Leu Asp Gln Val Tr - #p Gly Asp Ala Glu Val# 70- AAC GAA GAA TCT CTT ACC CGC TGT ATC TAT GC - #C TTA CGA CGT ATT CTG 354Asn Glu Glu Ser Leu Thr Arg Cys Ile Tyr Al - #a Leu Arg Arg Ile Leu#                 85- TCG GAA GAT AAA GAG CAT CGT TAC ATT GAA AC - #A CTG TAC GGA CAG GGT 402Ser Glu Asp Lys Glu His Arg Tyr Ile Glu Th - #r Leu Tyr Gly Gln Gly#            100- TAT CGG TTT AAT CGT CCG GTC GTA GTG GTG TC - #T CCG CCA GCG CCG CAA 450Tyr Arg Phe Asn Arg Pro Val Val Val Val Se - #r Pro Pro Ala Pro Gln#       115- CCT ACG ACT CAT ACA TTG GCG ATA CTT CCT TT - #T CAG ATG CAG GAT CAG 498Pro Thr Thr His Thr Leu Ala Ile Leu Pro Ph - #e Gln Met Gln Asp Gln#   130- GTT CAA TCC GAG AGT CTG CAT TAC TCT ATC GT - #G AAG GGA TTA TCG CAG 546Val Gln Ser Glu Ser Leu His Tyr Ser Ile Va - #l Lys Gly Leu Ser Gln135                 1 - #40                 1 - #45                 1 -#50- TAT GCG CCC TTT GGC CTG AGC GTG CTG CCG GT - #G ACC ATT ACG AAG AAC 594Tyr Ala Pro Phe Gly Leu Ser Val Leu Pro Va - #l Thr Ile Thr Lys Asn#               165- TGC CGC AGT GTT AAG GAT ATT CTT GAG CTC AT - #G GAT CAA TTA CGC CCC 642Cys Arg Ser Val Lys Asp Ile Leu Glu Leu Me - #t Asp Gln Leu Arg Pro#           180- GAT TAT TAT ATC TCC GGG CAG ATG ATA CCC GA - #T GGT AAT GAT AAT ATT 690Asp Tyr Tyr Ile Ser Gly Gln Met Ile Pro As - #p Gly Asn Asp Asn Ile#       195- GTA CAG ATC GAG ATA GTT CGG GTT AAA GGT TA - #T CAC CTG CTG CAC CAG 738Val Gln Ile Glu Ile Val Arg Val Lys Gly Ty - #r His Leu Leu His Gln#   210- GAA AGC ATT AAG TTG ATA GAA CAC CAA CCC GC - #T TCT CTC TTG CAA AAC 786Glu Ser Ile Lys Leu Ile Glu His Gln Pro Al - #a Ser Leu Leu Gln Asn215                 2 - #20                 2 - #25                 2 -#30- AAA ATT GCG AAT CTT TTG CTC AGA TGT ATT CC - #C GGA CTT CGC TGG GAC 834Lys Ile Ala Asn Leu Leu Leu Arg Cys Ile Pr - #o Gly Leu Arg Trp Asp#               245- ACA AAG CAA ATT AGC GAG CTA AAT TCG ATT GA - #C AGT ACC ATG GTC TAC 882Thr Lys Gln Ile Ser Glu Leu Asn Ser Ile As - #p Ser Thr Met Val Tyr#           260- TTA CGC GGT AAG CAT GAG TTA AAT CAA TAC AC - #C CCC TAT AGC TTA CAG 930Leu Arg Gly Lys His Glu Leu Asn Gln Tyr Th - #r Pro Tyr Ser Leu Gln#       275- CAA GCG CTT AAA TTG CTG ACT CAA TGC GTT AA - #T ATG TCG CCA AAC AGC 978Gln Ala Leu Lys Leu Leu Thr Gln Cys Val As - #n Met Ser Pro Asn Ser#   290- ATT GCG CCT TAC TGT GCG CTG GCA GAA TGC TA - #C CTC AGC ATG GCG CAA1026Ile Ala Pro Tyr Cys Ala Leu Ala Glu Cys Ty - #r Leu Ser Met Ala Gln295                 3 - #00                 3 - #05                 3 -#10- ATG GGG ATT TTT GAT AAA CAA AAC GCA ATG AT - #C AAA GCT AAA GAA CAT1074Met Gly Ile Phe Asp Lys Gln Asn Ala Met Il - #e Lys Ala Lys Glu His#               325- GCT ATT AAG GCG ACA GAG CTG GAC CAC AAT AA - #T CCA CAA GCT TTA GGA1122Ala Ile Lys Ala Thr Glu Leu Asp His Asn As - #n Pro Gln Ala Leu Gly#           340- TTA CTG GGG CTA ATT AAT ACG ATT CAC TCA GA - #A TAC ATC GTC GGG AGT1170Leu Leu Gly Leu Ile Asn Thr Ile His Ser Gl - #u Tyr Ile Val Gly Ser#       355- TTA CTA TTC AAA CAA GCT AAC TTA CTT TCG CC - #C ATT TCT GCA GAT ATT1218Leu Leu Phe Lys Gln Ala Asn Leu Leu Ser Pr - #o Ile Ser Ala Asp Ile#   370- AAA TAT TAT TAT GGC TGG AAT CTT TTC ATG GC - #T GGT CAG TTG GAG GAG1266Lys Tyr Tyr Tyr Gly Trp Asn Leu Phe Met Al - #a Gly Gln Leu Glu Glu375                 3 - #80                 3 - #85                 3 -#90- GCC TTA CAA ACG ATT AAC GAG TGT TTA AAA TT - #G GAC CCA ACG CGC GCA1314Ala Leu Gln Thr Ile Asn Glu Cys Leu Lys Le - #u Asp Pro Thr Arg Ala#               405- GCC GCA GGG ATC ACT AAG CTG TGG ATT ACC TA - #T TAT CAT ACC GGT ATT1362Ala Ala Gly Ile Thr Lys Leu Trp Ile Thr Ty - #r Tyr His Thr Gly Ile#           420- GAT GAT GCT ATA CGT TTA GGC GAT GAA TTA CG - #C TCA CAA CAC CTG CAG1410Asp Asp Ala Ile Arg Leu Gly Asp Glu Leu Ar - #g Ser Gln His Leu Gln#       435- GAT AAT CCA ATA TTA TTA AGT ATG CAG GTT AT - #G TTT CTT TCG CTT AAA1458Asp Asn Pro Ile Leu Leu Ser Met Gln Val Me - #t Phe Leu Ser Leu Lys#   450- GGT AAA CAT GAA CTG GCA CGA AAA TTA ACT AA - #A GAA ATA TCC ACG CAG1506Gly Lys His Glu Leu Ala Arg Lys Leu Thr Ly - #s Glu Ile Ser Thr Gln455                 4 - #60                 4 - #65                 4 -#70- GAA ATA ACA GGA CTT ATT GCT GTT AAT CTT CT - #T TAC GCT GAA TAT TGT1554Glu Ile Thr Gly Leu Ile Ala Val Asn Leu Le - #u Tyr Ala Glu Tyr Cys#               485- CAG AAT AGT GAG CGT GCC TTA CCG ACG ATA AG - #A GAA TTT CTG GAA AGT1602Gln Asn Ser Glu Arg Ala Leu Pro Thr Ile Ar - #g Glu Phe Leu Glu Ser#           500- GAA CAG CGT ATA GAT AAT AAT CCG GGA TTA TT - #A CCG TTA GTG CTG GTT1650Glu Gln Arg Ile Asp Asn Asn Pro Gly Leu Le - #u Pro Leu Val Leu Val#       515- GCC CAC GGC GAA GCT ATT GCC GAG AAA ATG TG - #G AAT AAA TTT AAA AAC1698Ala His Gly Glu Ala Ile Ala Glu Lys Met Tr - #p Asn Lys Phe Lys Asn#   530- GAA GAC AAT ATT TGG TTC AAA AGA TGG AAA CA - #G GAT CCC CGC TTG ATT1746Glu Asp Asn Ile Trp Phe Lys Arg Trp Lys Gl - #n Asp Pro Arg Leu Ile535                 5 - #40                 5 - #45                 5 -#50- AAA TTA CGG TAAAATCTGA GAGAGGAGAT ATG CAT TAT TT - #T TTT ATC ATC1796#Ile Ile  Met His Tyr Phe Phe#1               5- GTA ATC TGG TTG CTT AGC ATA AAT ACG GCA TG - #G GCT GAT TGC TGG CTT1844Val Ile Trp Leu Leu Ser Ile Asn Thr Ala Tr - #p Ala Asp Cys Trp Leu#         20- CAG GCT GAA AAA ATG TTC AAT ATT GAA TCC GA - #A CTA CTT TAC GCT ATC1892Gln Ala Glu Lys Met Phe Asn Ile Glu Ser Gl - #u Leu Leu Tyr Ala Ile#     35- GCC CAG CAG GAA TCG GCG ATG AAA CCT GGC GC - #C ATT GGT CAT AAC CGA1940Ala Gln Gln Glu Ser Ala Met Lys Pro Gly Al - #a Ile Gly His Asn Arg# 55- GAT GGT TCA ACC GAT CTT GGC CTG ATG CAA AT - #T AAC AGC TTC CAT ATG1988Asp Gly Ser Thr Asp Leu Gly Leu Met Gln Il - #e Asn Ser Phe His Met#                 70- AAA AGG CTG AAA AAA ATG GGG ATT AGT GAA AA - #A CAG TTG TTA CAG GAT2036Lys Arg Leu Lys Lys Met Gly Ile Ser Glu Ly - #s Gln Leu Leu Gln Asp#             85- CCC TCG ATT TCT GTC ATT GTG GGC GCA TCC AT - #T TTA TCA GAT ATG ATG2084Pro Ser Ile Ser Val Ile Val Gly Ala Ser Il - #e Leu Ser Asp Met Met#        100- AAA ATC TAC GGT TTT AGC TGG GAG GCC GTT GG - #C GCT TAT AAT GCC GGG2132Lys Ile Tyr Gly Phe Ser Trp Glu Ala Val Gl - #y Ala Tyr Asn Ala Gly#   115- ACG TCG CCG AAA CGA TCG GAT ATA AGG AAA CG - #T TAT GCT AAA AAA ATT2180Thr Ser Pro Lys Arg Ser Asp Ile Arg Lys Ar - #g Tyr Ala Lys Lys Ile120                 1 - #25                 1 - #30                 1 -#35- TGG GAG AAT TAC AGA AAA TTA AAA GAG ATG TC - #A GCA GAA GAG AAA AAC2228Trp Glu Asn Tyr Arg Lys Leu Lys Glu Met Se - #r Ala Glu Glu Lys Asn#               150- AAA AGA CTT TCT ATC GCG GTA AAC AAA TAATTATAC - #A GGAATAGCTT2275Lys Arg Leu Ser Ile Ala Val Asn Lys#           160- ACTTTCAGAT AATTCTAAAA GTAAGCTATG TTTTTATCAG CTTGCCGTCG TC - #ATAAGCAA2335- CTGGCGCTTG CATTGCTTTT AGTTGTACAA ACTGTGAGGC GTCTTCCAGC AT - #TCTATTGT2395#     2406- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids    (A) LENGTH: 553 amino     (B) TYPE: amino acid     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:- Met Pro His Phe Asn Pro Val Pro Val Ser As - #n Lys Lys Phe Val Phe#                 15- Asp Asp Phe Ile Leu Asn Met Asp Gly Ser Le - #u Val Arg Ser Glu Lys#             30- Lys Val Asn Ile Pro Pro Lys Glu Tyr Ala Va - #l Leu Val Ile Leu Leu#         45- Glu Ala Ala Gly Lys Ile Val Ser Lys Asn Th - #r Leu Leu Asp Gln Val#     60- Trp Gly Asp Ala Glu Val Asn Glu Glu Ser Le - #u Thr Arg Cys Ile Tyr# 80- Ala Leu Arg Arg Ile Leu Ser Glu Asp Lys Gl - #u His Arg Tyr Ile Glu#                 95- Thr Leu Tyr Gly Gln Gly Tyr Arg Phe Asn Ar - #g Pro Val Val Val Val#           110- Ser Pro Pro Ala Pro Gln Pro Thr Thr His Th - #r Leu Ala Ile Leu Pro#       125- Phe Gln Met Gln Asp Gln Val Gln Ser Glu Se - #r Leu His Tyr Ser Ile#   140- Val Lys Gly Leu Ser Gln Tyr Ala Pro Phe Gl - #y Leu Ser Val Leu Pro145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -#60- Val Thr Ile Thr Lys Asn Cys Arg Ser Val Ly - #s Asp Ile Leu Glu Leu#               175- Met Asp Gln Leu Arg Pro Asp Tyr Tyr Ile Se - #r Gly Gln Met Ile Pro#           190- Asp Gly Asn Asp Asn Ile Val Gln Ile Glu Il - #e Val Arg Val Lys Gly#       205- Tyr His Leu Leu His Gln Glu Ser Ile Lys Le - #u Ile Glu His Gln Pro#   220- Ala Ser Leu Leu Gln Asn Lys Ile Ala Asn Le - #u Leu Leu Arg Cys Ile225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -#40- Pro Gly Leu Arg Trp Asp Thr Lys Gln Ile Se - #r Glu Leu Asn Ser Ile#               255- Asp Ser Thr Met Val Tyr Leu Arg Gly Lys Hi - #s Glu Leu Asn Gln Tyr#           270- Thr Pro Tyr Ser Leu Gln Gln Ala Leu Lys Le - #u Leu Thr Gln Cys Val#       285- Asn Met Ser Pro Asn Ser Ile Ala Pro Tyr Cy - #s Ala Leu Ala Glu Cys#   300- Tyr Leu Ser Met Ala Gln Met Gly Ile Phe As - #p Lys Gln Asn Ala Met305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -#20- Ile Lys Ala Lys Glu His Ala Ile Lys Ala Th - #r Glu Leu Asp His Asn#               335- Asn Pro Gln Ala Leu Gly Leu Leu Gly Leu Il - #e Asn Thr Ile His Ser#           350- Glu Tyr Ile Val Gly Ser Leu Leu Phe Lys Gl - #n Ala Asn Leu Leu Ser#       365- Pro Ile Ser Ala Asp Ile Lys Tyr Tyr Tyr Gl - #y Trp Asn Leu Phe Met#   380- Ala Gly Gln Leu Glu Glu Ala Leu Gln Thr Il - #e Asn Glu Cys Leu Lys385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -#00- Leu Asp Pro Thr Arg Ala Ala Ala Gly Ile Th - #r Lys Leu Trp Ile Thr#               415- Tyr Tyr His Thr Gly Ile Asp Asp Ala Ile Ar - #g Leu Gly Asp Glu Leu#           430- Arg Ser Gln His Leu Gln Asp Asn Pro Ile Le - #u Leu Ser Met Gln Val#       445- Met Phe Leu Ser Leu Lys Gly Lys His Glu Le - #u Ala Arg Lys Leu Thr#   460- Lys Glu Ile Ser Thr Gln Glu Ile Thr Gly Le - #u Ile Ala Val Asn Leu465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -#80- Leu Tyr Ala Glu Tyr Cys Gln Asn Ser Glu Ar - #g Ala Leu Pro Thr Ile#               495- Arg Glu Phe Leu Glu Ser Glu Gln Arg Ile As - #p Asn Asn Pro Gly Leu#           510- Leu Pro Leu Val Leu Val Ala His Gly Glu Al - #a Ile Ala Glu Lys Met#       525- Trp Asn Lys Phe Lys Asn Glu Asp Asn Ile Tr - #p Phe Lys Arg Trp Lys#   540- Gln Asp Pro Arg Leu Ile Lys Leu Arg545                 5 - #50- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#acids    (A) LENGTH: 160 amino     (B) TYPE: amino acid     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:- Met His Tyr Phe Phe Ile Ile Val Ile Trp Le - #u Leu Ser Ile Asn Thr#                 15- Ala Trp Ala Asp Cys Trp Leu Gln Ala Glu Ly - #s Met Phe Asn Ile Glu#             30- Ser Glu Leu Leu Tyr Ala Ile Ala Gln Gln Gl - #u Ser Ala Met Lys Pro#         45- Gly Ala Ile Gly His Asn Arg Asp Gly Ser Th - #r Asp Leu Gly Leu Met#     60- Gln Ile Asn Ser Phe His Met Lys Arg Leu Ly - #s Lys Met Gly Ile Ser# 80- Glu Lys Gln Leu Leu Gln Asp Pro Ser Ile Se - #r Val Ile Val Gly Ala#                 95- Ser Ile Leu Ser Asp Met Met Lys Ile Tyr Gl - #y Phe Ser Trp Glu Ala#           110- Val Gly Ala Tyr Asn Ala Gly Thr Ser Pro Ly - #s Arg Ser Asp Ile Arg#       125- Lys Arg Tyr Ala Lys Lys Ile Trp Glu Asn Ty - #r Arg Lys Leu Lys Glu#   140- Met Ser Ala Glu Glu Lys Asn Lys Arg Leu Se - #r Ile Ala Val Asn Lys145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -#60- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 20 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:# 20               TATG- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 21 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:#21                GTGA A- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 27 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:#             27   TAAC AGGACTT- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 21 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:#21                CGAT A- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 20 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:# 20               TGTG- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 21 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:#21                TAAC G- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 20 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:# 20               ACCT- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 17 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:#   17             G- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 31 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:#          31      AAGT TGATAGAACA C- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 20 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:# 20               AGCA- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 17 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:#   17             C- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 20 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:# 20               TGCT- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 24 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:16:#                24CAGC AGGA- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 29 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:17:#            29    GGTT CAAACGATC- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 20 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:18:# 20               CCCT- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 17 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:19:#   17             C- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 300 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: double     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:20:- TATTATCATA CCGGTATTGA TGATGCTATA CGTTTAGGCG ATGAATTACG CT - #CACAACAC  60- CTGCAGGATA ATCCAATATT ATTAAGTATG CAGGTTATGT TTCTTTCGCT TA - #AAGGTAAA 120- CATGAACTGG CACGAAAATT AACTAAAGAA ATATCCACGC AGGAAATAAC AG - #GACTTATT 180- GCTGTTAATC TTCTTTACGC TGAATATTGT CAGAATAGTG AGCGTGCCTT AC - #CGACGATA 240- AGAGAATTTC TGGAAAGTGA ACAGCGTATA GATAATAATC CGGGATTATT AC - #CGTTAGTG 300- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 300 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: double     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:21:- TATTATCATA CTGGTATTGA TGATGCTATA CGTTTAGGCG ATGAATTACG CT - #CACAACAC  60- CTGCAGGATA ATCCAATATT ATTAAGTATG CAGGTTATGT TTCTTTCTCT TA - #AAGGTAAA 120- CATGAACTGG CACGAAAATT ATCTAAAGAA ATATCCACGC AGGAAATAAC AG - #GGCTTATT 180- GCTGTTAATC TTCTTTATGC TGAATACTGT CAGAATAGTG AGCGTGCCTT AC - #CGACGATA 240- AGAGAATTTC TGGAAAGTGA ACAGCGTATA GATAATAATC CGGGATTATT AC - #CGTTAGTG 300- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 300 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: double     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:22:- TATTATCATA CCGGCATTGA TGATGCCATA CGTTTAGGAG ATGAACTACG CT - #CACAGCAC  60- CTGCAGGATA ATCCCATTTT ATTAAGTATG CAGGTTATGT TTCTTTCGCT TA - #AAGGTAAA 120- CATGAGCTGG CACGAAAATT AACTAAAGAG ACATCCCCGC ATGAGATAAC AG - #GGCTTATT 180- GCTATTAATC TTCTTTATGC TGAATACTGT CAGAATAGTG AGCGAGCCTT AC - #CGAGGATA 240- AGAGAATATC TGGCAAGTGA ACGGAGTATT GATAATAATC CTGGACTATT AC - #CGTTAGTG 300- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 300 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: double     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:23:- TATTATCATG CCGGCATTGA TGATGCTATA CGTTTAGGAG ATGAATTACG TT - #CACAACAT  60- CTGCAGGATA ATCCAATACT ATTAAGTATG CAGGTTATGT TTCTTTCGCT TA - #AAGGTAAA 120- CATGAACTGG CACGAAAATT AGCTAAAGAA ATATCCAAGC ATGAAATAAC AG - #GGCTTATT 180- GCTGTTAATC TTCTGTATGC TGAATACTGT CAGAATAGCG AGCGTGCATT AC - #CGAGGATA 240- AGAGAGTTTC TGGAAAGTGA ACAGAATACT GATAATAATC CCGGGCTATT AC - #CGTTAGTG 300- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 300 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: double     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:24:- TACTATCATA CTGGCCTTGA TGATGCTATA CGTTTAGGAG ATGAATTACG TT - #CGCAACAT  60- TTGCAGGATA ATCCAATATT ATTAAGTATG CAGGTTATGT TTCTTTCGCT TA - #AAGGTAAA 120- CATGAACTGG CACGAAAATT AACTAAAGAA ATATCCACAC ATGAAATAAC AG - #GGCTTATT 180- GCTGTTAATC TTCTTTATGC TGAATACTGT CAGAATAGTG AGCGTGCCTT AG - #CGACGATA 240- AGAGAATTTC TGGAAAGTGA ACAGAGTGTT GATAATAACC CAGGGTTATT AC - #CGTTAGTG 300- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:25:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 300 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: double     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:25:- TATTATCAGA CTGGCATTGA TGATGCTATA CGTTTAGGCG ATGAATTACG CT - #CACAATAT  60- CTGCAAGATA ATCCAATATT ATTAAGTATG CAGCTTATGT TTCTTTCGCT TA - #AAGGTAAA 120- CATGAGTTGG CACGAAAATT AGCTAAAGAA ATATCCACAC ACGAAGTAAC AG - #GGCTTATT 180- GCTGTTAATC TTCTTTATGC TGAATACTGT CAGAATAGCG AGCGTGCTTT AC - #CGGCGATA 240- AGAGAATTTC TGGAAAGTGA ACAGAATATA GATAATAATC CGGGGCTATT AC - #CGTTAGTG 300- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:26:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 300 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: double     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:26:- TACTATCATA CAGGCCTTGA TGATGCTATA CGTTTAGGCG ATGAATTACG TA - #CACAACAT  60- TTGCAAGATA ATCCTATATT ATTAAGTATG CAAGTTATGT TTCTTTCGCT TA - #AAGGTAAA 120- CATGAACTGG CACGGCTATT AGCTAAAGAA ATATCCTCAC ATGAAATAAC AG - #GGCTTATT 180- GCTATTAATC TTCTTTATGC TGAATATTGT CAGAATAGTG AGCGCGCCTT AC - #CGGCGATA 240- AAAGAATTTC TGGAAAGTGA ACAAAATATT GACAATAACC CTGGGCTATT AC - #CGTTAGTG 300- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:27:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 300 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: double     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:27:- TATTATCATA CCGGCATTGA TGATGCTATA CGGTTAGGAG ATGAATTACG TT - #CACAACAC  60- TTGCAGGATA ATCCAATATT ATTAAGTATG CAGGTTATGT TTCTTTCGCT TA - #AAGGTAAA 120- CATGAACTGG CACGAAAATT AACTAAAGAA ATATCCAGAC ATGAAATAAC AG - #GGCTTATT 180- GCTGTTAATC TTCTTTATGC TGAATACTGT CAGAATAGTG AGCGTGCCTT AT - #CGAGGATA 240- AGAGAATTTC TGGAAAGTGA ACAGAGTATT GATAATAATC CAGGACTATT AC - #CGTTAGTG 300- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:28:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 34 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:28:#        34        CTGT ACAATATTAT CATT- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:29:-      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:#pairs    (A) LENGTH: 18 base     (B) TYPE: nucleic acid     (C) STRANDEDNESS: single     (D) TOPOLOGY: linear-     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: other nucleic acid-     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:29:#  18              AA__________________________________________________________________________