The ompA gene in Chlamydia trachomatis differs in phylogeny and rate of evolution from other regions of the genome

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 578-585

  Brunelle, Brian W ^a,b   Sensabaugh, George F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; HOUSEKEEPING ENZYME; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PMP GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TISSUE TROPISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 29644434683     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.578-585.2006     Document Type: Article

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