Structural characterization of a novel Chlamydia pneumoniae type III secretion-associated protein, Cpn0803.

Structural characterization of a novel Chlamydia pneumoniae type III secretion-associated protein, Cpn0803.

Type III secretion (T3S) is an essential virulence factor used by gram-negative pathogenic bacteria to deliver effector proteins into the host cell to establish and maintain an intracellular infection. Chlamydia is known to use T3S to facilitate invasion of host cells but many proteins in the system...

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Main Authors: Chris B Stone, Seiji Sugiman-Marangos, David C Bulir, Rob C Clayden, Tiffany L Leighton, Jerry W Slootstra, Murray S Junop, James B Mahony
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3260263?pdf=render

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