Responsável: João Paulo Gomes
Data: 1/1/2008 - 31/12/10
Financiamento: FCT
Objectivos: We intend to answer to the following question: Does Chlamydia trachomatis chromosome present a panmictic-like structure? Thus, in the present project we aim to evaluate the extent of the C. trachomatis genomic mosaics by expanding the genomic analysis to the entire chromosome. We will mainly using microarray chips to identify the putative transferred regions between strains. Finally we aim to use bioinformatics to construct the mosaic structures and to identify recombination hot-spots.