Within-population diversity of koala Chlamydophila pecorum at ompA VD1-VD3 and the ORF663 hypothetical gene

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 353-358

  Higgins, D P ^a   Beninati, T ^a   Meek, M ^a   Irish, J ^a   Griffith, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila pecorum; Koala; Major outer membrane protein, ORF663; OmpA

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; GENOTYPE; KOALA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW SOUTH WALES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VIRULENCE;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PECORUM; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 84858751195     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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