Three temporal classes of gene expression during the Chlamydia trachomatis developmental cycle

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 913-925

  Shaw, E I ^a   Dooley, C A ^a   Fischer, E R ^b   Scidmore, M A ^a   Fields, K A ^a   Hackstadt, T ^a  

^a Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites   (United States)

^b Microscopy Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033852951     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02057.x     Document Type: Article

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