Title: the Intracellular Developmental Cycle of Chlamydia

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Title: The big bang theory of early Chlamydia development

Authors: Rhett Iculate and Ella Mentary

Presenting Author: Rhett Iculate

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Institution: Institute of Obligate Intracellular Pathogens

Background and Significance: Chlamydia spp. cause a spectrum of disease that ranges from infectious blindness to sexually transmitted disease to respiratory infections. In the beginning of an intracellular infection, the organism exists as a dense elementary body that then expands to become a reticulate body. The early events in this process are not well understood …

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