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Chlamydia
New chlamydia data have been reported by scientists at Duke University
October 9th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, "The acquisition of host-derived lipids is essential for the pathogenesis of the obligate intracellular bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. Current models of chlamydial lipid acquisition center on the fusion of Golgi-derived exocytic vesicles and endosomal multivesicular bodies with the bacteria-containing parasitophorous vacuole (''inclusion'')." "In this study, we describe a mechanism of lipid acquisition and organelle subversion by C. trachomatis. We show by live cell fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy that lipid...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-09)
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