Chlamydia Mutants are Defective in Secreting Virulent Proteins (IMAGE)

Duke University Medical Center

Chlamydia Mutants are Defective in Secreting Virulent Proteins

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These are electron micrographs of Chlamydia mutant inside a of a cell. These particular mutant bacteria, colored red, are defective in secreting high levels of virulence proteins, seen here as the accumulating dark granules in between two bacterial membranes.

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Bidong Ngyuen, Duke Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

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