Evolutionary dynamics of ompA, the gene encoding the Chlamydia trachomatis key antigen

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7182-7192

  Nunes, Alexandra ^a   Borrego, Maria J ^a   Nunes, Baltazar ^a   Florindo, Carlos ^a   Gomes, João P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 72249105320     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00895-09     Document Type: Article

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