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

• मुख्य लेखक: Alan Paul Hudson (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Andreas Pospischil (auth), Nicole Borel (auth), Robert V Schoborg (auth), Jan Rupp (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: stress response; chlamydia; Chronic Disease
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: 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...