Plasmid CDS5 Influences Infectivity and Virulence in a Mouse Model of Chlamydia trachomatis Urogenital Infection

Reduced Live Organism Recovery and Lack of Hydrosalpinx in Mice Infected with Plasmid-Free Chlamydia muridarum

(2013) Lei Lei et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Chlamydia trachomatis Plasmid-Encoded Pgp4 Is a Transcriptional Regulator of Virulence-Associated Genes

(2013) Lihua Song et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Transformation of Chlamydia muridarum Reveals a Role for Pgp5 in Suppression of Plasmid-Dependent Gene Expression

(2013) Y. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis Plasmid-Encoded Open Reading Frames

(2013) S. Gong et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genetic Transformation of a Clinical (Genital Tract), Plasmid-Free Isolate of Chlamydia trachomatis: Engineering the Plasmid as a Cloning Vector

(2013) Yibing Wang et al.   PLoS One

Plasmid deficiency in urogenital isolates ofChlamydia trachomatisreduces infectivity and virulence in a mouse model

(2013) Ira M. Sigar et al.   Pathogens and Disease

Transformation of a plasmid-free, genital tract isolate ofChlamydia trachomatiswith a plasmid vector carrying a deletion in CDS6 revealed that this gene regulates inclusion phenotype

(2013) Yibing Wang et al.   Pathogens and Disease

Plasmid-mediated transformation tropism of chlamydial biovars

(2013) Lihua Song et al.   Pathogens and Disease

CD4+ T Cells Are Necessary and Sufficient To Confer Protection against Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in the Murine Upper Genital Tract

(2012) D. C. Gondek et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Whole-genome analysis of diverse Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies phylogenetic relationships masked by current clinical typing

(2012) Simon R Harris et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Induction of Protective Immunity against Chlamydia muridarum Intravaginal Infection with a Chlamydial Glycogen Phosphorylase

(2012) Zhihong Li et al.   PLoS One

Plasmid-Cured Chlamydia caviae Activates TLR2-Dependent Signaling and Retains Virulence in the Guinea Pig Model of Genital Tract Infection

(2012) Lauren C. Frazer et al.   PLoS One

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Activation byChlamydia trachomatisIs Plasmid Dependent, and Plasmid-Responsive Chromosomal Loci Are Coordinately Regulated in Response to Glucose Limitation byC. trachomatisbut Not byC. muridarum

(2011) Catherine M. O'Connell et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A live-attenuated chlamydial vaccine protects against trachoma in nonhuman primates

(2011) Laszlo Kari et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Chlamydia psittaci Genetic Variants Differ in Virulence by Modulation of Host Immunity

(2011) Isao Miyairi et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Development of a Transformation System for Chlamydia trachomatis: Restoration of Glycogen Biosynthesis by Acquisition of a Plasmid Shuttle Vector

(2011) Yibing Wang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A role for CXC chemokine receptor-2 in the pathogenesis of urogenital Chlamydia muridarum infection in mice

(2010) Hyo Y. Lee et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of Pgp3, a Chlamydia trachomatis Plasmid-Encoded Immunodominant Antigen

(2010) D. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Co-evolution of genomes and plasmids within Chlamydia trachomatis and the emergence in Sweden of a new variant strain

(2009) Helena MB Seth-Smith et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Strain and Virulence Diversity in the Mouse Pathogen Chlamydia muridarum

(2009) K. H. Ramsey et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Immunization with the attenuated plasmidless Chlamydia trachomatis L2(25667R) strain provides partial protection in a murine model of female genitourinary tract infection

(2009) Norma Olivares-Zavaleta et al.   VACCINE

Antibodies from women urogenitally infected with C. trachomatis predominantly recognized the plasmid protein pgp3 in a conformation-dependent manner

(2008) Zhongyu Li et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The Chlamydial Plasmid-Encoded Protein pgp3 Is Secreted into the Cytosol of Chlamydia-Infected Cells

(2008) Z. Li et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Chlamydia trachomatis Plasmid Is a Transcriptional Regulator of Chromosomal Genes and a Virulence Factor

(2008) J. H. Carlson et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Immunization with chlamydial plasmid protein pORF5 DNA vaccine induces protective immunity against genital chlamydial infection in mice

(2008) ZhongYu Li et al.   Science in China. Series C, Life sciences / Chinese Academy of Sciences