Identification of a Chlamydia trachomatis serovar e urogenital isolate which lacks the cryptic plasmid

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 6010-6013

  Stothard, Diane R ^a,b   Williams, James A ^a   Van Der Pol, Barbara ^a   Jones, Robert B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE CULTURE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0031741005     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.12.6010-6013.1998     Document Type: Article

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