Viability and gene expression in Chlamydia trachomatis during persistent infection of cultured human monocytes

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-120

  Gérard, Hervé C ^a   Köhler, Lars ^b   Branigan, Patrick J ^c   Zeidler, Henning ^b   Schumacher, H Ralph ^c   Hudson, Alan P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Monocytes; Persistent infection; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031731846     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050082     Document Type: Article

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