Late gene regulation by the alternative sigma factors of Chlamydia trachomatis

ABSTRACT The pathogenic bacterium Chlamydia reproduces via two specialized forms inside a eukaryotic host cell. The dividing form called the reticulate body (RB) must convert at late times into the infectious elementary body (EB) for spread to new host cells. Late genes are a temporal class of chlam...

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Main Authors: Syed M. A. Rizvi, Asha Densi, Owais R. Hakiem, Michael McClelland, Ming Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-07-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00292-25
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