Chlamydiae growing in target mucosal human epithelial cells in vitro can transition from their
normal developmental cycle progression, alternating between infectious but metabolically …

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection in
the world, with more than 100 million cases reported annually. While there have been …

Implicit in the central dogma is the hypothesis that each protein gene product has but one
function. However, over the past decade, it has become clear that many proteins have one …

Chaperonin 60 is the prototypic molecular chaperone, an essential protein in eukaryotes
and prokaryotes, whose sequence conservation provides an excellent basis for …

In adapting to the intracellular niche, obligate intracellular bacteria usually undergo a
reduction of genome size by eliminating genes not needed for intracellular survival. These …

Over the past decades the use of probiotics in food has increased largely due to the
manufacturer's interest in placing “healthy” food on the market based on the consumer's …

Citation Carey AJ, Beagley KW. Chlamydia trachomatis, a hidden epidemic: effects on the
female reproduction and options for treatment. Am J Reprod Immunol 2010 The number of …

Chlamydia trachomatis causes genital tract infections that affect men, women, and children
on a global scale. This review focuses on innate and adaptive immune responses in the …

The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis, along with its close species
relatives, is known to be strictly dependent upon the availability of iron. Deprivation of iron in …

Iron is essential for growth and development of Chlamydia. Its long-term starvation in
cultured mammalian cells leads to production of aberrant noninfectious chlamydial forms …