TABLE 2.
Genetic loci analyzed in this study and their characteristics
| Locus | Encoded protein | Genomic positiona | Fragment length (bp) | Total length of gene (bp) | No. of alleles | Avg p distance | dN/dS | Representative accession no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| glpF | Glycerol uptake facilitator protein | 1014815 | 381 | 822 | 37 | 0.023 | 0.108 | AY729746-AY729753 |
| gmk | Guanylate kinase (putative) | 3688226 | 504 | 618 | 19 | 0.044 | 0.022 | AY729753-AY729761 |
| ilvD | Dihydroxyacid dehydratase | 1736221 | 393 | 1674 | 30 | 0.067 | 0.017 | AY729762-AY729769 |
| pta | Phosphate acetyltransferase | 5122669 | 414 | 972 | 31 | 0.023 | 0.019 | AY729770-AY729777 |
| pur | Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxamide formyltransferase | 306074 | 348 | 1,536 | 30 | 0.046 | 0.010 | AY729778-AY729785 |
| pycA | Pyruvate carboxylase | 3809749 | 363 | 3,447 | 33 | 0.065 | 0.028 | AY729786-AY729793 |
| tpi | Triosephosphate isomerase | 4861379 | 435 | 756 | 34 | 0.015 | 0.110 | AY729794-AY729801 |
a
Based on the B. anthracis Ames genome (46).