Treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis with a small molecule inhibitor of the Yersinia type III secretion system disrupts progression of the chlamydial developmental cycle

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1543-1555

  Wolf, K ^a   Betts, H J ^a   Chellas Gery B ^a   Hower, S ^a   Linton, C N ^a   Fields, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAZIDE DERIVATIVE; N' (3,5 DIBROMO 2 HYDROXYBENZYLIDENE) 4 NITROBENZOHYDRAZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMANS; HYDRAZINES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; YERSINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; COXIELLA BURNETII; YERSINIA;

EID: 33748490301     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05347.x     Document Type: Article

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