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

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

(2013) Lihua Song et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

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

(2012) Simon R Harris et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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

Enhanced Virulence of Chlamydia muridarum Respiratory Infections in the Absence of TLR2 Activation

(2011) Xianbao He et al.   PLoS One

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

The Swedish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis

(2010) Magnus Unemo et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Infectivity Acts asIn VivoSelection for Maintenance of the Chlamydial Cryptic Plasmid

(2010) Marsha Russell et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Cutting Edge: Mutation of Francisella tularensis mviN Leads to Increased Macrophage Absent in Melanoma 2 Inflammasome Activation and a Loss of Virulence

(2010) T. K. Ulland et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The Swedish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis: genome sequence, morphology, cell tropism and phenotypic characterization

(2010) M. Unemo et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

ABACAS: algorithm-based automatic contiguation of assembled sequences

(2009) S. Assefa et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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

Genome Project Standards in a New Era of Sequencing

(2009) P. S. G. Chain et al.   SCIENCE

Clinical Manifestations and Epidemiology of the New Genetic Variant of Chlamydia trachomatis

(2009) Carina Bjartling et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

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

Velvet: Algorithms for de novo short read assembly using de Bruijn graphs

(2008) D. R. Zerbino et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

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

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