Inclusion membrane proteins of Protochlamydia amoebophila UWE25 reveal a conserved mechanism for host cell interaction among the Chlamydiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5093-5102

  Heinz, Eva ^a,b   Rockey, Daniel D ^c   Montanaro, Jacqueline ^a,d   Aistleitner, Karin ^a   Wagner, Michael ^a   Horn, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHLAMYDIA; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTOCHLAMYDIA AMOEBOPHILA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AVES; CANDIDATUS PROTOCHLAMYDIA AMOEBOPHILA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLAMYDIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

EID: 77957377245     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00605-10     Document Type: Article

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