Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular pathogens that cause several human diseases. C. trachomatis causes the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S. In developing countries, C. trachomatis causes ocular trachoma which can lead to blindness. C. pneumoniae causes a respiratory tract infection that has recently been associated with atherosclerosis.

Stanford Chlamydia Group
 

  Ron W. Davis

Professor of Biochemistry and Genetics
Director
FAX: 650-723-6783, Voice: 650-812-2021                                                              Internet: contact Donna Bowe, Administrative Assistant to Ron Davis, dbowe@cmgm.stanford.edu

  Sue Kalman
          Research Scientist
          Internet: kalman@sequence.stanford.edu

  Jun Fan
  Rekha Maratha
          Research Assistant
          Internet: rekha@sequence.stanford.edu

    This project is collaboration with Dr. Richard Stephens' group, Program in Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health at U. C. Berkeley. For more information see the Chlamydia Genome Project Web Page.

1. R. S. Stephens, S. Kalman, C. Lammel, J. Fan, R. Marathe, L. Aravind, W. Mitchell, L. Olinger, R. L. Tatusov, Q. Zhao, E. V. Koonin, R. W. Davis. 1998. Genome sequence of an obligate intracellular pathogen of humans: Chlamydia trachomatis. Science 282:754-759.

2. S. Kalman, W. Mitchell, R. Marathe, C. Lammel, J. Fan, R. W. Hyman, L. Olinger, J. Grimwood, R. W. Davis, R. S. Stephens. 1999. Comparative genomes of Chlamydia pneumoniae and C. trachomatis. Nature Genetics. 21:385-389.