Nucleotide and phylogenetic analyses of the Chlamydia trachomatis ompA gene indicates it is a hotspot for mutation

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Brunelle, Brian W ^a   Sensabaugh, George F ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Evolution; MOMP; ompA; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 84856023483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-53     Document Type: Article

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