Evolutionary conservation of infection-induced cell death inhibition among Chlamydiales.

Control of host cell death is of paramount importance for the survival and replication of obligate intracellular bacteria. Among these, human pathogenic Chlamydia induces the inhibition of apoptosis in a variety of different host cells by directly interfering with cell death signaling. However, the...

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Main Authors: Karthika Karunakaran, Adrian Mehlitz, Thomas Rudel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3142178?pdf=render