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SUBMITTER: Burall LS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2975035 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Microbes and infection 20070318 7
Variants of an ilp (invasin-like protein) gene have been identified previously in Chlamydia caviae and in Chlamydia suis. The C. caviae ilp gene is interrupted by two frame shift mutations while the C. suis gene is intact. Characterization of the ilp gene in C. caviae passaged minimally in vitro showed that the two frameshift mutations were present in the original isolates. The gentamicin protection assay was used to determine if E. coli bacteria expressing the intact C. suis ilp could adhere to ...[more]