Comparison of outer membrane protein genes omp and pmp in the whole genome sequences of Chlamydia pneumoniae isolates from Japan and the United States

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 6 SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages

  Shirai, Mutsunori ^a,f   Hirakawa, Hideki ^c   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^b   Tabuchi, Mitsuaki ^a   Kishi, Fumio ^a   Kimoto, Mitsuaki ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Nishida, Junko ^a   Shibata, Kaori ^a   Fujinaga, Ryutaro ^a   Yoneda, Hiroshi ^a   Matsushima, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Chiho ^c   Furukawa, Susumu ^a   Miura, Koshiro ^a   Nakazawa, Atsushi ^a   Ishii, Kazuo ^d   Shiba, Tadayoshi ^e   Hattori, Masahira ^d   Kuhara, Satoru ^c   Nakazawa, Teruko ^a   more..

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shimonoscki Saiscikai Gen Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034050929     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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