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Abstract
Chlamydia species are obligate intracellular bacteria that cause sexually transmitted disease, ocular infections and atypical pneumonia. This review highlights recent advances describing the mechanisms by which Chlamydia subvert host cytoskeleton and membrane trafficking pathways to create a replication competent niche.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21334451 PMCID: PMC3092832 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.02.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN: 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700