Chlamydial envelope components and pathogen-host cell interactions |
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Authors: | Jane E. Raulston |
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Affiliation: | UNC School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 804 FLOB, CB No. 7290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7290, USA. |
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Abstract: | Few bacterial pathogens are as widespread in nature or as capable of eliciting such a diversity of disease syndromes as are the chlamydiae. As obligate intra-cellular organisms, they pose a special research challenge in defining the molecular components and mechanisms for productive growth within host cells and the overall progress of infection throughout host tissue. Although a comprehensive view of chlamydial envelope composition and respective functions in pathogenesis is far from complete, ongoing investigations continue to expose new and intriguing avenues for exploration. |
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