Intracellular parasitism of chlamydiae: Specific infectivity of chlamydiaphage Chp2 in Chlamydophila abortus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4957-4959

  Skilton, R J ^a   Cutcliffe, L T ^a   Pickett, M A ^a   Lambden, P R ^a   Fane, B A ^a,b   Clarke, I N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; DNA TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GENE TRANSFER; HOST CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRION;

CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS;

EID: 34347398061     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00235-07     Document Type: Article

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