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SUBMITTER: Bobrovsky P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4936355 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bobrovsky Pavel P Manuvera Valentin V Polina Nadezhda N Podgorny Oleg O Prusakov Kirill K Govorun Vadim V Lazarev Vassili V
Infection and immunity 20160623 7
Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGLYRPs) are innate immune components that recognize the peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharides of bacteria and exhibit antibacterial activity. Recently, the obligate intracellular parasite Chlamydia trachomatis was shown to have peptidoglycan. However, the antichlamydial activity of PGLYRPs has not yet been demonstrated. The aim of our study was to test whether PGLYRPs exhibit antibacterial activity against C. trachomatis Thus, we cloned the regions containing ...[more]