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Members of the Pmp protein family of Chlamydia pneumoniae mediate adhesion to human cells via short repetitive peptide motifs

Chlamydiae sp. are obligate intracellular pathogens that cause a variety of diseases in humans. Adhesion of the infectious elementary body to the eukaryotic host cell is a pivotal step in chlamydial pathogenesis. Here we describe the characterization of members of the polymorphic membrane protein fa...

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Main Authors: Mölleken, Katja, Schmidt, Eleni, Hegemann, Johannes H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997323/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21062373
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07386.x
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