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Chlamydia trachomatis Co-opts the FGF2 Signaling Pathway to Enhance Infection

The molecular details of Chlamydia trachomatis binding, entry, and spread are incompletely understood, but heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) play a role in the initial binding steps. As cell surface HSPGs facilitate the interactions of many growth factors with their receptors, we investigated th...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jung Hwa, Jiang, Shaobo, Elwell, Cherilyn A., Engel, Joanne N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3188521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21998584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002285