Synovial Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with reactive arthritis/Reiter's syndrome are viable but show aberrant gene expression

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 734-742

  Gérard, Hervé C ^a   Branigan, Patrick J ^a   Schumacher Jr , H Ralph ^a   Hudson, Alan P ^a,b  

^a Dept of Microbiology and Immunology ^*

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

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Differential gene expression; Reactive arthritis; Reiter's syndrome; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REITER SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNOVITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; REITER SYNDROME; RNA, BACTERIAL; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0142153570     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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