Quantitative analysis of tpr gene expression in Treponema pallidum isolates: Differences among isolates and correlation with T-cell responsiveness in experimental syphilis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-112

  Giacani, Lorenzo ^a   Molini, Barbara ^a   Godornes, Charmie ^a   Barrett, Lynn ^a   Van Voorhis, Wesley ^a   Centurion Lara, Arturo ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RNA ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRP GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYPHILIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 33846026029     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01124-06     Document Type: Article

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