Table 2.
Identity and Statistical Analysis of the 15 Treponema pallidum Genes Yielding the Highest Signal in a Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
|
Gene |
Name |
Sample number |
Predicted protein size (kD) |
Meana |
St. dev |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP0100 | thioredoxin-like protein | 20 | —c | 3709.2 | 294 | <0.001 |
| TP0163 | ABC transporter (TroA, Tromp1) | 32 | —c | 300.7 | 36 | <0.001 |
| TP0257 | glycerophosphoryldiester phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) | 46 | —c | 1447.7 | 94 | <0.001 |
| TP0298 | exported protein TpN38 | 51 | —c | 277.7 | 16.5 | <0.001 |
| TP0319 | membrane lipoprotein (TmpC) | 59 | —c | 11259.1 | 452 | <0.001 |
| TP0326 | outer membrane protein | 61 | —c | 5017.7 | 550 | <0.001 |
| TP0435 | lipoprotein, 17 kD (Tpp17) | 79 | —c | 17765.6 | 2583 | <0.001 |
| TP0088 | conserved hypothetical protein | 18 | 23 | 572.4 | 49 | <0.001 |
| TP0133 | hypothetical protein | 24 | 43 | 1769.3 | 91 | <0.001 |
| TP0183 | hypothetical protein | 38 | 31 | 8338.6 | 705 | <0.001 |
| TP0307 | conserved hypothetical protein | 54 | 37 | 880.9 | 105 | <0.001 |
| TP0327b | hypothetical protein | 62 | 20 | 214.1 | 58 | 0.198 |
| TP0456b | hypothetical protein | 80 | 47 | 265.7 | 102 | 0.023 |
| TP0469 | conserved hypothetical protein | 85 | 54 | 444.4 | 69 | <0.001 |
|
TP0470b
|
conserved hypothetical protein
|
86
|
43
|
294.7
|
101
|
0.0034
|
