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A renewed tool kit to explore Chlamydia pathogenesis: from molecular genetics to new infection models
2019-06-21
Abstract excerpt
Chlamydia trachomatis is the most prevalent sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen and the leading cause of preventable blindness in the developing world. C. trachomatis invades the epithelium of the conjunctiva and genital tract and replicates within an intracellular membrane-bound compartment termed the inclusion. To invade and replicate in mammalian cells, Chlamydia remodels epithelial surfaces by reorganizing...
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- 10.12688/f1000research.18832.1