Chlamydiatrachomatis genomic sequences and polypeptides, fragments thereof, and their use especially for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases

摘要

The present invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence of an open reading frame (ORF) of a Chlamydia trachomatis genome, comprising: (a) the nucleotide sequence of ORF347; (b) a nucleotide sequence exhibiting at least 99. 9% identity with ORF347 ; or (c) a nucleotide sequence which hybridizes to ORF347 under conditions of high stringency (d) a fragment of any one of (a) to (c) which is greater than 20 nucleotides in length.