Transcriptional analysis of in vitro expression patterns of Chlamydophila abortus polymorphic outer membrane proteins during the chlamydial developmental cycle

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Wheelhouse, Nicholas ^a   Aitchison, Kevin ^a   Spalding, Lucy ^a   Livingstone, Morag ^a   Longbottom, David ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Chlamydophila abortus; Gene expression; pmp

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; CELL; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELLS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67650983114     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009030     Document Type: Article

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