TABLE 1.

Different types of 11-nucleotide-long repeats in 50- and 85-kDa-antigen genes^a

Type of repeat in 50-kDa-antigen gene	Repeat sequence	No. of repeats		Type of repeat in 85-kDa-antigen gene	Repeat sequence	No. of repeats
I	AAAGAAATACT	6		I	AAAGAAATACT	7
II	GAAATACTCAC	5		II	GAAATACTCAC	5
III	AAATTTAAAGA	5		III	AAATTTAAAGA	8
IV	CTAAAAGAGAT	4		IV	CTAAAAGAGAT	7
V	AAAGACATACT	2		V	AAAGACATACT	7
VI	TTTAAAGAGCT	2		VI	ATACTTACAGA	9
VII	ATTTTTTATAA	2		VII	ACAGCTAAAGA	6
VIII	AACTTTAAACG	2		VIII	TTTAAAGAACT	6
IX	AAGTTTAAAGA	2		IX	GAAATACTTAC	5
X	AGTTTAAAAAA	2		X	AGCACTGGTAA	5
XI	TACTCACTAAT	2		XI	GATAAATTTAA	5
XII	ATAAGTTTAAA	2		XII	CTTATAGAAAG	5
				XIII	TACTTACAGAT	7
				XIV	ACCGGTAACTT	4
				XV	ATGCAACAAAA	3
				XVI	GCTAAAGAAGT	3
				XVII	CTTACAGATAA	3
				XVIII	GCAATAACTGG	2
				XIX	ATGGTAAGGAC	2
				XX	ACTTATAGAAG	2

^aThere were 12 different types of repeat in the 50-kDa-antigen gene and 20 different types of repeat in the 85-kDa-antigen gene. The first five repeat sequences were identical in both genes.