TABLE 1.
Analysis of TprK V regions from patient samples and rabbit-propagated isolates
| V region | No. of different V region sequences in patient sample(s): |
Length of V region (aa)a in patient samples | No. of different V region sequences in rabbit-propagated isolate(s): |
Length of V region (aa) in rabbit-propagated isolates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD504 (n = 8) | MD530 (n = 5) | MD55 (n = 7) | Combined (n = 20) | Sea 81-3 (n = 7) | Sea 83-1 (n = 8) | Sea 84-2 (n = 5) | Combined (n = 20) | |||
| V1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11-15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11-14 |
| V2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20-22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 20-22 |
| V3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19-23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15-27 |
| V4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17-20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17-20 |
| V5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 28-30 |
| V6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15-21 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 13-27 |
| V7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 24-44 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23-27 |
a
aa, amino acid(s).