Polymorphisms in inc proteins and differential expression of inc genes among Chlamydia trachomatis strains correlate with invasiveness and tropism of Lymphogranuloma venereum isolates

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 6574-6585

  Filipe Almeida, Filipe ^a   Borges, Vítor ^b   Ferreira, Rita ^b   Borrego, Maria José ^b   Gomes, João Paulo ^b   Jaime Motaa, Luís Jaime ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INCA PROTEIN; INCB PROTEIN; INCC PROTEIN; INCD PROTEIN; INCE PROTEIN; INCF PROTEIN; INCG PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TROPISM;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPISM; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 84871046599     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01428-12     Document Type: Article

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