Behind the chlamydial cloak: The replication cycle of chlamydiaphage Chp2, revealed

Virology

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 440-445

  Salim, Omar ^a   Skilton, Rachel J ^a   Lambden, Paul R ^a   Fane, Bentley A ^b   Clarke, Ian N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

X174; Chlamydia; Chlamydiaphage; Chp2; Developmental cycle; Life cycle

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL DIVISION; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLYSIS; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE REPLICATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROVIRIDAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIAE; MICROVIRUS;

EID: 44949151695     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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