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Comparative genomic analysis of Chlamydia trachomatis oculotropic and genitotropic strains.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2005
Carlson John H, Porcella Stephen F, McClarty Grant, Caldwell Harlan D
Abstract excerpt
Chlamydia trachomatis infection is an important cause of preventable blindness and sexually transmitted disease (STD) in humans. C. trachomatis exists as multiple serovariants that exhibit distinct organotropism for the eye or urogenital tract. We previously reported tissue-tropic correlations with the presence or absence of a functional tryptophan synthase and a putative GTPase-inactivating domain of the...
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