FIG. 1.

Alignment of deduced Bdr amino acid sequences. The determined sequences were translated and aligned using the Genetics Computer Group software package. Gaps in the sequence introduced by alignment are indicated by a dot (.). Some sequences are partial and regions that were not determined are indicated by ∼. The repeated KID/E motif is indicated by boxing in gray, and potential Ser-Thr phosphorylation motifs are indicated by underlining. In cases where two such motifs exist directly after one another, the first of the Ser-Thr phosphorylation motifs is also indicated by italics. Positions where Bdr subfamilies A and B) differ within the phylogenetically informative N-terminal domain are indicated by an asterisk above the alignment. The putative transmembrane domain of each sequence is indicated by boldface lettering. A representative B. burgdorferi bdr sequence was included for comparative purposes.