In this study we evaluated the role of a recombinant plasmid protein of Chlamydophila psittaci, pgp3, as a marker of chlamydial infection in animals infected with Chlamydophila felis. The only plasmid ORF found so far to encode for the antigenic protein ORF3 in Chlamydia trachomatis, codes similarly in C. psittaci for a protein that is very antigenic; therefore, this protein can be a useful marker of infection in cats infected with C. felis strains containing extrachromosomial DNA elements.
DONATI M., STORNI E., MAZZEO C., DI FRANCESCO A., MARANGONI A., ACCARDO S., et al. (2006). Role of a Chlamydophila psittaci plasmid protein, pgp3, as a marker of infection in cats infected with Chlamydophila felis.. EDINBURGH : Moredun Research Institute.
Role of a Chlamydophila psittaci plasmid protein, pgp3, as a marker of infection in cats infected with Chlamydophila felis.
DONATI, MANUELA;DI FRANCESCO, ANTONIETTA;MARANGONI, ANTONELLA;CEVENINI, ROBERTO;STORNI, ELISA;MAZZEO, COSTANZA;ACCARDO, SILVIA;PIGNANELLI, SALVATORE
2006
Abstract
In this study we evaluated the role of a recombinant plasmid protein of Chlamydophila psittaci, pgp3, as a marker of chlamydial infection in animals infected with Chlamydophila felis. The only plasmid ORF found so far to encode for the antigenic protein ORF3 in Chlamydia trachomatis, codes similarly in C. psittaci for a protein that is very antigenic; therefore, this protein can be a useful marker of infection in cats infected with C. felis strains containing extrachromosomial DNA elements.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
