Chlamydia's Shield (IMAGE)

Duke University

Chlamydia's Shield

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At left: A wild type Chlamydia (green) surrounded by the GarD protein (red) that cloaks it from detection inside human cells. Right: Chlamydia with GarD knocked out (green) are enveloped by the antimicrobial proteins ubiquitin (yellow) and RNF213 (magenta).

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Stephen C. Walsh, Duke University

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