The Chlamydia-Secreted Protease CPAF Promotes Chlamydial Survival in the Mouse Lower Genital Tract

Despite the extensive in vitro characterization of CPAF (chlamydial protease/proteasome-like activity factor), its role in chlamydial infection and pathogenesis remains unclear. We now report that a Chlamydia trachomatis strain deficient in expression of CPAF (L2-17) is no longer able to establish a...

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Published in:Infect Immun
Main Authors: Yang, Zhangsheng, Tang, Lingli, Shao, Lili, Zhang, Yuyang, Zhang, Tianyuan, Schenken, Robert, Valdivia, Raphael, Zhong, Guangming
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Molecular Pathogenesis
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4995919/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27382018
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00280-16
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