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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

The Genital Tract Virulence Factor pGP3 Is Essential for Chlamydia muridarum Colonization in the Gastrointestinal Tract.

Lili Shao, Tianyuan Zhang, Jose Melero, Yumeng Huang, Yuanjun Liu, Quanzhong Liu, Cheng He, David E Nelson, Guangming Zhong

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Lili ShaoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Tianyuan ZhangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Jose MeleroDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Yumeng HuangDepartment and Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yuanjun LiuDepartment of Dermatovenereology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Quanzhong LiuDepartment of Dermatovenereology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Cheng HeCollege of Veterinary Medicine, China Agriculture University, Beijing, China.
David E NelsonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Guangming ZhongDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA Zhongg@UTHSCSA.edu.

Funding

Chlamydial plasmid-dependent pathogenesisR01AI121989 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI ZHONG, GUANGMING · 2016 to 2019
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI121989
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cryptic plasmid is essential for

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCell Line, TumorChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia muridarumFemaleGastrointestinal TractGenitaliaHeLa CellsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred CBAOviductsPlasmidsAntigens, BacterialBacterial Proteinspgp3 protein, ChlamydiaVirulence FactorschlamydiaChlamydia muridarumgut colonizationintestinal colonizationpGP3plasmid

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PMID29038127
PMCPMC5736818

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