Table 2.

Identification of a Family of SAG1-Related Genes by EST Analysis

Gene Product Alias Size (kD)[i] Number of ESTs[ii] Reference GenBank accession no.
SAG1p3032.9106 Burg et al. (1988) M23658
SAG3p4341.810 Cesbron DeLauw et al. (1994) L21720
SRS144.27 Hehl et al. (1997) U77677
SRS2[iii] 39.529this paper N81803
SRS3[iii] 36.514this paper N82063
SRS4[iii] ?1this paper N81407

[i] Size of predicted primary translation product where complete ORF is known.

[ii] Number of essentially perfect matches in 7404 tachyzoite ESTs in dbEST.

[iii] SRS1 stands for SAG1-related surface antigens.