Assessment of the load and transcriptional dynamics of Chlamydia trachomatis plasmid according to strains' tissue tropism

Microbiological Research

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 333-339

  Ferreira, Rita ^a   Borges, Vítor ^a   Nunes, Alexandra ^a   Borrego, Maria José ^a   Gomes, João Paulo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Expression; Plasmid; SRNA

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXPRESSION; EXPRESSION PROFILE; PLASMID; SRNA; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN; TISSUE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; EYE INFECTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EYE INFECTIONS; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 84878116662     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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