Single-Inclusion Kinetics of Chlamydia trachomatis Development

ABSTRACT The obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is reliant on a developmental cycle consisting of two cell forms, termed the elementary body (EB) and the reticulate body (RB). The EB is infectious and utilizes a type III secretion system and preformed effector proteins d...

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Main Authors: Travis J. Chiarelli, Nicole A. Grieshaber, Anders Omsland, Christopher H. Remien, Scott S. Grieshaber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-10-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00689-20