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SUBMITTER: Vandahl BB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC140015 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vandahl Brian Berg BB Pedersen Anna Sofie AS Gevaert Kris K Holm Arne A Vandekerckhove Joël J Christiansen Gunna G Birkelund Svend S
BMC microbiology 20021126
<h4>Background</h4>Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria, which are important human pathogens. Genome sequences of C. trachomatis and C. pneumoniae have revealed the presence of a Chlamydia specific gene family encoding polymorphic outer membrane proteins, Pmps. In C. pneumoniae the family comprises twenty-one members, which are all transcribed. In the present study, the expression, processing and localisation of the sixteen full-length Pmps in C. pneumoniae strain CWL029 have been furt ...[more]