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Cysteine-rich outer membrane proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis display compensatory sequence changes between biovariants.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Sept 1990
Allen J E, Cerrone M C, Beatty P R, Stephens R S
Abstract excerpt
Two cysteine-rich proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis are essential structural components of the unique outer membrane of the infectious elementary body. These 58,000 (outer membrane protein 2; OMP2) and 15,000 (OMP3) proteins also differ structurally and chemically between biovariants that differ in invasive capability. We have identified the gene for OMP3 and sequenced both trachoma and lymphogranuloma venereum...
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