Article
Diversity of the Chlamydia trachomatis common plasmid in biovars with different pathogenicity.
Plasmid - 1 Mar 1990
Comanducci M, Ricci S, Cevenini R, Ratti G
Abstract excerpt
The 7.5-kb plasmid of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is believed to encode essential genes and might have a role in CT pathogenicity. Accordingly, analysis of plasmid-linked mutations in isolates from biovars with different pathogenic properties should help in identifying which plasmid-encoded genes, if any, may be involved in modulating virulence. For this purpose, the plasmid present in a low-virulence isolate...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Cloning, Molecular
- Escherichia coli
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plasmids
- Restriction Mapping
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid