Chlamydia trachomatis co-opts GBF1 and CERT to acquire host sphingomyelin for distinct roles during intracellular development.

Chlamydia trachomatis co-opts GBF1 and CERT to acquire host sphingomyelin for distinct roles during intracellular development.

The strain designated Chlamydia trachomatis serovar that was used for experiments in this paper is Chlamydia muridarum, a species closely related to C. trachomatis (and formerly termed the Mouse Pneumonitis strain of C. trachomatis. [corrected]. The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachoma...

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Main Authors: Cherilyn A Elwell, Shaobo Jiang, Jung Hwa Kim, Albert Lee, Torsten Wittmann, Kentaro Hanada, Paul Melancon, Joanne N Engel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3164637?pdf=render

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