Tag-Dependent Substrate Selection of ClpX Underlies Secondary Differentiation of Chlamydia trachomatis
Nicholas Wood, Abigail R. Swoboda, Amanda M. Blocker, Derek J. Fisher, Scot P. Ouellette
Abstract
Chlamydia trachomatis is the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections and preventable infectious blindness. This unique organism undergoes developmental transitions between infectious, nondividing forms and noninfectious, dividing forms.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyChlamydia trachomatisCell biologyGeneticsMutantGeneVirologyReproductive tract infections researchClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchEscherichia coli research studies