The Chlamydia pneumoniae type III secretion-related lcrH gene clusters are developmentally expressed operons

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 7853-7856

  Ouellette, Scot P ^a   AbdelRahman, Yasser M ^a   Belland, Robert J ^a   Byrne, Gerald I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; GENOMIC DNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; PROTEIN LCRH; RNA 16S; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; HEP 2 CELL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; YERSINIA;

EID: 27744572162     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.22.7853-7856.2005     Document Type: Article

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