Characterization of a secreted Chlamydia protease

Abstract excerpt

Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that are important human pathogens. The Chlamydia genomes contain orthologues to secretion apparatus proteins from other intracellular bacteria, but only a few secreted proteins have been identified. Most likely, effector proteins are secreted in order to promote infection. Effector proteins cannot be identified by motif or similarity searches. As a new strategy for...