mBio (Jun 2021)
A Chlamydial Plasmid-Dependent Secretion System for the Delivery of Virulence Factors to the Host Cytosol
- Lei Lei,
- Chunfu Yang,
- Michael John Patton,
- Margery Smelkinson,
- David Dorward,
- Li Ma,
- Una Karanovic,
- Saba Firdous,
- Grant McClarty,
- Harlan D. Caldwell
Affiliations
- Lei Lei
- Chlamydial Diseases Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Chunfu Yang
- Chlamydial Diseases Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Michael John Patton
- Chlamydial Diseases Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Margery Smelkinson
- Research Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- David Dorward
- Research Technologies Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratory, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA
- Li Ma
- Chlamydial Diseases Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Una Karanovic
- Chlamydial Diseases Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Saba Firdous
- Chlamydial Diseases Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Grant McClarty
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Harlan D. Caldwell
- ORCiD
- Chlamydial Diseases Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01179-21
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 3
Abstract
The Chlamydia trachomatis