Characterization of chlamydia trachomatis plasmid-encoded open reading frames

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3819-3826

  Gong, Siqi ^a   Yang, Zhangsheng ^a   Lei, Lei ^a   Shen, Li ^b   Zhong, Guangming ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PGP PROTEIN; PGP1 PROTEIN; PGP2 PROTEIN; PGP3 PROTEIN; PGP4 PROTEIN; PGP5 PROTEIN; PGP6 PROTEIN; PGP8 PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STOP CODON;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84883492924     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00511-13     Document Type: Article

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