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A new dawn for chlamydia research

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Rockey, D; Valdivia, R
Published in: Microbe
January 1, 2012

The chlamydiae are members of a diverse group of bacteria that replicate exclusively within eukaryotic cells. These pathogens cause various illnesses, including preventable blindness and urogenital infections in humans, spontaneous abortions in livestock, and fatal respiratory infections in birds. Chlamydiae shift from an infectious to a replicative form when they contact and invade host cells, and then replicate within specialized vacuoles. Until recently microbiologists studying chlamydiae relied on indirect approaches to study gene functions in these bacteria. During the past 5 years, several technical breakthroughs have led to genuine opportunities for practical genetic manipulations of these organisms.

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Microbe

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1558-7460

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1558-7452

Publication Date

January 1, 2012

Volume

7

Issue

9

Start / End Page

393 / 398

Related Subject Headings

  • Microbiology
 

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Rockey, D., & Valdivia, R. (2012). A new dawn for chlamydia research. Microbe, 7(9), 393–398. https://doi.org/10.1128/microbe.7.393.1
Rockey, D., and R. Valdivia. “A new dawn for chlamydia research.” Microbe 7, no. 9 (January 1, 2012): 393–98. https://doi.org/10.1128/microbe.7.393.1.
Rockey D, Valdivia R. A new dawn for chlamydia research. Microbe. 2012 Jan 1;7(9):393–8.
Rockey, D., and R. Valdivia. “A new dawn for chlamydia research.” Microbe, vol. 7, no. 9, Jan. 2012, pp. 393–98. Scopus, doi:10.1128/microbe.7.393.1.
Rockey D, Valdivia R. A new dawn for chlamydia research. Microbe. 2012 Jan 1;7(9):393–398.

Published In

Microbe

DOI

EISSN

1558-7460

ISSN

1558-7452

Publication Date

January 1, 2012

Volume

7

Issue

9

Start / End Page

393 / 398

Related Subject Headings

  • Microbiology