ompA

Summary

Gene Symbol: ompA
Description: major outer membrane protein precursor
Species: chlamydophila abortus s26/3

Publications

  1. Sequence analysis of the major outer membrane protein gene of an ovine abortion strain of Chlamydia psittaci
    A J Herring
    Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 53:153-8
  2. Epizootic bovine abortion in a dairy herd: characterization of a Chlamydia psittaci isolate and antibody response
    P C Griffiths
    Virology Department, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, Surrey, UK
    Br Vet J 151:683-93
  3. Chlamydophila abortus in a Brown skua (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi) from a subantarctic island
    B Herrmann
    Section of Virology, Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, S 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    Appl Environ Microbiol 66:3654-6
  4. PCR-based detection of chlamydial infection in swine and subsequent PCR-coupled genotyping of chlamydial omp1-gene amplicons by DNA-hybridization, RFLP-analysis, and nucleotide sequence analysis
    L E Hoelzle
    Institute for Medical Microbiology, Infectious and Epidemic Diseases, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    Epidemiol Infect 125:427-39
  5. Identification of protective epitopes by sequencing of the major outer membrane protein gene of a variant strain of Chlamydia psittaci serotype 1 (Chlamydophila abortus)
    E Vretou
    Department of Microbiology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens 115 21, Greece
    Infect Immun 69:607-12
  6. Molecular evolution of the Chlamydiaceae
    R M Bush
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine 92697, USA
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 51:203-20
  7. Missing links in the divergence of Chlamydophila abortus from Chlamydophila psittaci
    M Van Loock
    Department of Animal Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 21 Laboratory of Gene Technology, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53:761-70
  8. Expression of the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of Chlamydophila abortus, Chlamydophila pecorum, and Chlamydia suis in Escherichia coli using an arabinose-inducible plasmid vector
    L E Hoelzle
    Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 270, CH 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
    J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health 50:383-9
  9. Sequencing of the Chlamydophila psittaci ompA gene reveals a new genotype, E/B, and the need for a rapid discriminatory genotyping method
    Tom Geens
    Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    J Clin Microbiol 43:2456-61

Scientific Experts

  • Tom Geens
  • Ludwig E Hoelzle
  • B Herrmann
  • E Vretou
  • M Van Loock
  • R M Bush
  • B M Goddeeris
  • K D E Everett
  • D Vanrompay
  • G Volckaert
  • J Vander Stappen
  • K D Everett
  • P C Griffiths
  • M Dawson
  • J M Plater
  • K J Hughes
  • R G Hewinson
  • T C Martin
  • S L Hughes
  • A J Herring
  • S Dunbar
  • T W Tan
  • S Baxter
  • N F Inglis

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. Sequence analysis of the major outer membrane protein gene of an ovine abortion strain of Chlamydia psittaci
    A J Herring
    Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 53:153-8
    ..trachomatis serovars. Subsequent restriction enzyme analysis of A22/M DNA has shown that it has an avian-type genomic profile and thus the comparison is between types rather than between strains...
  2. Epizootic bovine abortion in a dairy herd: characterization of a Chlamydia psittaci isolate and antibody response
    P C Griffiths
    Virology Department, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, Surrey, UK
    Br Vet J 151:683-93
    ..Close contact between ruminant species on the farm suggested that the C. psittaci strain may have been transmitted to cattle from infected sheep...
  3. Chlamydophila abortus in a Brown skua (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi) from a subantarctic island
    B Herrmann
    Section of Virology, Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, S 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    Appl Environ Microbiol 66:3654-6
    ..Phylogenetic analysis of the rnpB and omp1 genes indicated the strain to be more closely related to C. abortus than to 6BC, the type strain of Chlamydophila psittaci...
  4. PCR-based detection of chlamydial infection in swine and subsequent PCR-coupled genotyping of chlamydial omp1-gene amplicons by DNA-hybridization, RFLP-analysis, and nucleotide sequence analysis
    L E Hoelzle
    Institute for Medical Microbiology, Infectious and Epidemic Diseases, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    Epidemiol Infect 125:427-39
    ..Nucleotide sequence analysis of omp1-amplicons identified as deriving from Chlamydia suis shared a maximum of 82.7% homology with the reference strain S45...
  5. Identification of protective epitopes by sequencing of the major outer membrane protein gene of a variant strain of Chlamydia psittaci serotype 1 (Chlamydophila abortus)
    E Vretou
    Department of Microbiology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens 115 21, Greece
    Infect Immun 69:607-12
    ..The results suggest that multiple sites located in the three VSs contribute to the epitope of protective MAbs...
  6. Molecular evolution of the Chlamydiaceae
    R M Bush
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine 92697, USA
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 51:203-20
    ....
  7. Missing links in the divergence of Chlamydophila abortus from Chlamydophila psittaci
    M Van Loock
    Department of Animal Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 21 Laboratory of Gene Technology, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
    Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53:761-70
    ..Analysis of ompA and the rrn spacer revealed progressive diversification of the strains, with 84/2334 resembling what might have ..
  8. Expression of the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of Chlamydophila abortus, Chlamydophila pecorum, and Chlamydia suis in Escherichia coli using an arabinose-inducible plasmid vector
    L E Hoelzle
    Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 270, CH 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
    J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health 50:383-9
    The ompA genes encoding the 40 kDa major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of Chlamydophila (Ch.) abortus, Ch. pecorum, and Chlamydia (C...
  9. Sequencing of the Chlamydophila psittaci ompA gene reveals a new genotype, E/B, and the need for a rapid discriminatory genotyping method
    Tom Geens
    Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    J Clin Microbiol 43:2456-61
    Twenty-one avian Chlamydophila psittaci isolates from different European countries were characterized using ompA restriction fragment length polymorphism, ompA sequencing, and major outer membrane protein serotyping...