Targeting of a chlamydial protease impedes intracellular bacterial growth.

Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that propagate in a cytosolic vacuole. Recent work has shown that growth of Chlamydia induces the fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus (GA) into ministacks, which facilitates the acquisition of host lipids into the growing inclusion. GA fragmentation re...

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Main Authors: Jan G Christian, Julia Heymann, Stefan A Paschen, Juliane Vier, Linda Schauenburg, Jan Rupp, Thomas F Meyer, Georg Häcker, Dagmar Heuer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3182938?pdf=render