Chlamydial Lytic Exit from Host Cells Is Plasmid Regulated

ABSTRACT Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is a globally important human pathogen. The chlamydial plasmid is an attenuating virulence factor, but the molecular basis for attenuation is not understood. Chlamydiae replicate within a membrane-bound vacuole termed an incl...

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Main Authors: Chunfu Yang, Tregei Starr, Lihua Song, John H. Carlson, Gail L. Sturdevant, Paul A. Beare, William M. Whitmire, Harlan D. Caldwell
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c25ffd2f180a4ebe93bbba1ea3954ec0
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