Transformation of Chlamydia muridarum reveals a role of Pgp 5 in 2 suppression of plasmid - dependent gene expression 3 4
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Revised MS# JB01161-13 1 Transformation of Chlamydia muridarum reveals a role of Pgp5 in 2 suppression of plasmid-dependent gene expression 3 4 Yuanjun Liu & , Chaoqun Chen, Siqi Gong, Shuping Hou, Manli Qi, 5 Quanzhong Liu, Joel Baseman, and Guangming Zhong* 6 Department of Microbiology and Immunology 7 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, 8 San Antonio, TX 78229 9 Department of Dermatovenereology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 10 154 Anshan Rd, Tianjin 300052, China 11 12 Running title: Pgp5 inhibition of plasmid-regulated genes 13 *Corresponding author: 14 Guangming Zhong 15 Department of Microbiology and Immunology 16 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 17 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229 18 Phone: 210-567-1169, Fax: 210-567-0293 19 Email: [email protected] 20 21
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