Two coiled-coil domains of Chlamydia trachomatis IncA affect membrane fusion events during infection.

Chlamydia trachomatis replicates in a parasitophorous membrane-bound compartment called an inclusion. The inclusions corrupt host vesicle trafficking networks to avoid the degradative endolysosomal pathway but promote fusion with each other in order to sustain higher bacterial loads in a process kno...

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Main Authors: Erik Ronzone, Fabienne Paumet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3720611?pdf=render