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Bacteriology
Researchers investigate the specificity of a chlamydial effector protein
August 4th, 2005
Researchers investigate the specificity of a chlamydial effector protein. According to a study from the United States, "Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular pathogens that efficiently induce their endocytosis by susceptible eukaryotic host cells." The researchers involved in this study established that a Chlamydia trachomatis type III secreted effector protein, Tarp, was found to be translocated and tyrosine phosphorylated at the site of entry and associated with the recruitment of actin that coincides with endocytosis. C. trachomatis Tarp possesses up to six direct repeats of approximately 50 amino acids each. D.R....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-08-04)
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