Development of a transformation system for chlamydia trachomatis: restoration of glycogen biosynthesis by acquisition of a plasmid shuttle vector

Chlamydia trachomatis remains one of the few major human pathogens for which there is no transformation system. C. trachomatis has a unique obligate intracellular developmental cycle. The extracellular infectious elementary body (EB) is an infectious, electron-dense structure that, following host ce...

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Main Authors: Wang, Yibing (Author), Kahane, Simona (Author), Cutcliffe, Lesley T (Author), Skilton, Rachel J (Author), Lambden, Paul R (Author), Clarke, Ian N (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2011-09-22.
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