Molecular and mutation trends analyses of omp1 alleles for serovar E of Chlamydia trachomatis: Implications for the immunopathogenesis of disease

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 475-483

  Dean, Deborah ^a   Millman, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Chlamydia trachomatis; Omp1 genotypes; Serovar E alleles; Signature pattern analysis

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030850295     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119182     Document Type: Article

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