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Sep 2026
Sphingolipids associate with the chlamydial nucleoid and mark developmental transitions in Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen and a leading cause of sexually transmitted infections worldwide. During its biphasic developmental cycle, infectious, non-replicative elementary bodies alternate with replicative reticulate bodies within a membrane-bound intracellular niche known as...
Marcel Rühling, F. Wagner, Till Epprecht et al.
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