Plasmid diversity in Chlamydia

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1847-1854

  Thomas, N S ^a   Lusher, M ^b   Storey, C C ^b   Clarke, I N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

AVES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; EQUIDAE;

EID: 0030749837     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-6-1847     Document Type: Article

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