Human Antibody Responses to a Chlamydia-Secreted Protease Factor
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Human antibody responses to a Chlamydia-secreted protease factor.
We have previously identified a chlamydia-secreted protein (designated chlamydial proteasome/protease-like activity factor, or CPAF) in the cytosol of chlamydia-infected cells. Although CPAF is known to degrade host transcription factors required for major histocompatibility complex antigen expression in cultured cells, it is not clear whether CPAF is produced and maintains similar functions in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.12.7164-7171.2004