The role of viable but non-infectious developmental forms in chlamydial biology

• Autor principal: Alan Paul Hudson (auth)
• Otros Autores: Andreas Pospischil (auth), Nicole Borel (auth), Robert V Schoborg (auth), Jan Rupp (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Colección: Frontiers Research Topics
• Materias: stress response; chlamydia; Chronic Disease
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The chlamydiae are Gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacteria with a complex developmental cycle comprising a metabolically less-active, infectious stage, the elementary body (EB), and a metabolically more active stage, the reticulate body (RB). They are responsible for many acute and chronic di...