The alternative translational profile that underlies the immune-evasive state of persistence in Chlamydiaceae exploits differential tryptophan contents of the protein repertoire

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 405-443

  Lo, Chien Chi ^a   Xie, Gary ^a   Bonner, Carol A ^b   Jensen, Roy A ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOGEN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; IRON; LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PROTEOME; SODIUM ION; TRYPTOPHAN;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE PRODUCT; GENOME; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IRON TRANSPORT; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORT; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84862567480     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.05013-11     Document Type: Review

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