Polymorphisms in the Chlamydia trachomatis cytotoxin locus associated with ocular and genital isolates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7063-7072

  Carlson, John H ^a   Hughes, Scott ^a   Hogan, Daniel ^a   Cieplak, Gordon ^a   Sturdevant, Daniel E ^a   McClarty, Grant ^b   Caldwell, Harlan D ^a   Belland, Robert J ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING SITE; CELL INVASION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRACHOMA;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOTOXINS; EYE; GENITALIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 9244237600     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7063-7072.2004     Document Type: Article

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