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Chlamydia trachomatis In Vivo to In Vitro Transition Reveals Mechanisms of Phase Variation and Down-Regulation of Virulence Factors.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Borges Vítor, Pinheiro Miguel, Antelo Minia, Sampaio Daniel A, Vieira Luís, Ferreira Rita, Nunes Alexandra, Almeida Filipe, Mota Luís J, Borrego Maria J, Gomes João P
Abstract excerpt
Research on the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis demands culture in cell-lines, but the adaptive process behind the in vivo to in vitro transition is not understood. We assessed the genomic and transcriptomic dynamics underlying C. trachomatis in vitro adaptation of strains representing the three disease groups (ocular, epithelial-genital and lymphogranuloma venereum) propagated in...
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