Analysis of pmpD expression and PmpD post-translational processing during the life cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis Serovars A, D, and L2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kiselev, Andrey O ^a   Skinner, Megan C ^a   Lampe, Mary F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYMORPHIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYMORPHIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN D, CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; UPREGULATION;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 65349090082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005191     Document Type: Article

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