A 3-Dimensional Trimeric β-Barrel Model for Chlamydia MOMP Contains Conserved and Novel Elements of Gram-Negative Bacterial Porins

Abstract excerpt

Chlamydia trachomatis is the most prevalent cause of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases and the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Global control of Chlamydia will best be achieved with a vaccine, a primary target for which is the major outer membrane protein, MOMP, which comprises ~60% of the outer membrane protein mass of this bacterium. In the absence of experimental structural information...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Immune Response and Inflammation
• Share to Reproductive tract infections research
• Share to Streptococcal Infections and Treatments