The chlamydia psittaci genome: A comparative analysis of intracellular pathogens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Voigt, Anja ^a   Schöfl, Gerhard ^a   Saluz, Hans Peter ^a,b  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDIA CAVIAE; CHLAMYDIA FELIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RANGE; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; PSITTACOSIS;

EID: 84859613700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035097     Document Type: Article

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