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Richard S. Stephens is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States.

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of an Obligate Intracellular Pathogen of Humans: Chlamydia trachomatis

    Richard S. Stephens;Sue Kalman;Claudia Lammel;Jun Fan

  • Comparative genomes of Chlamydia pneumoniae and C. trachomatis.

    Sue Kalman;Wayne Mitchell;Wayne Mitchell;Rekha Marathe;Claudia Lammel

  • Secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by epithelial cells in response to Chlamydia infection suggests a central role for epithelial cells in chlamydial pathogenesis.

    S J Rasmussen;L Eckmann;A J Quayle;L Shen

  • Mechanisms of host cell exit by the intracellular bacterium Chlamydia.

    Kevin Hybiske;Richard S. Stephens

  • The cellular paradigm of chlamydial pathogenesis

    Richard S Stephens;Richard S Stephens

  • Culture-independent diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis using monoclonal antibodies

    Milton R. Tam;Walter E. Stamm;H. Hunter Handsfield;Richard Stephens

  • Mechanism of C. trachomatis attachment to eukaryotic host cells

    Jian Ping Zhang;Richard S. Stephens

  • Diversity of Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein genes.

    R S Stephens;R Sanchez-Pescador;E A Wagar;C Inouye

  • Global Stage-Specific Gene Regulation during the Developmental Cycle of Chlamydia trachomatis

    Tracy L. Nicholson;Lynn Olinger;Kimberley Chong;Gary Schoolnik

  • Bacterial antigenic variation, host immune response, and pathogen-host coevolution.

    R C Brunham;F A Plummer;R S Stephens

  • Chlamydia trachomatis: Genome sequence analysis of lymphogranuloma venereum isolates

    Nicholas R. Thomson;Matthew T.G. Holden;Caroline Carder;Nicola Lennard

  • High-resolution mapping of serovar-specific and common antigenic determinants of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis.

    Richard S. Stephens;Elizabeth A. Wagar;Gary K. Schoolnik

  • Emendation of the family Chlamydiaceae: Proposal of a single genus, Chlamydia, to include all currently recognized species

    Konrad Sachse;Patrik M. Bavoil;Bernhard Kaltenboeck;Richard S. Stephens

  • Divergence without difference: phylogenetics and taxonomy of Chlamydia resolved.

    Richard S. Stephens;Garry Myers;Mark Eppinger;Patrik M. Bavoil

  • Differential Human Serologic Response to Two 60,000 Molecular Weight Chlamydia trachomatis Antigens

    Elizabeth A. Wagar;Julius Schachter;Patrik Bavoil;Richard S. Stephens

  • Exit strategies of intracellular pathogens

    Kevin Hybiske;Richard S. Stephens

  • Radical changes to chlamydial taxonomy are not necessary just yet

    J Schachter;R S Stephens;P Timms;C Kuo

  • Computational Analysis of the Polymorphic Membrane Protein Superfamily of Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae

    Jane Grimwood;Richard S. Stephens

  • Mechanisms of Chlamydia trachomatis Entry into Nonphagocytic Cells

    Kevin Hybiske;Richard S. Stephens

  • Cloning and sequence of the gene for heat shock protein 60 from Chlamydia trachomatis and immunological reactivity of the protein.

    M C Cerrone;J J Ma;R S Stephens

  • Genome sequencing and our understanding of chlamydiae.

    Daniel D. Rockey;Jennifer Lenart;Richard S. Stephens

Frequent Co-Authors

Julius Schachter
Julius Schachter University of California, San Francisco
Judith E. Allen
Judith E. Allen University of Manchester
Ronald W. Davis
Ronald W. Davis Stanford University
Gunna Christiansen
Gunna Christiansen Aalborg University
Robert C. Brunham
Robert C. Brunham University of British Columbia
Svend Birkelund
Svend Birkelund Aalborg University
Lee Ann Campbell
Lee Ann Campbell University of Washington
Philippe J. Sansonetti
Philippe J. Sansonetti Institut Pasteur
Peter Timms
Peter Timms University of the Sunshine Coast
Max Chernesky
Max Chernesky McMaster University

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