Type III Secretion Chaperones in Chlamydia trachomatis: Identification of a New Effector Protein and Insights into Hierarchical Protein Secretion during Early Infection

<p>Chlamydia trachomatis, the causative agent of trachoma and sexually transmitted infections, employs a type III secretion (T3S) system to deliver effector proteins into host epithelial cells to establish a replicative vacuole. Although the temporal manner in which effectors are secreted is...

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Main Author: Chen, Yi-Shan
Other Authors: Valdivia, Raphael H
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/8638