Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia pneumoniae genomes contain genes coding
for type III secretion apparatuses. Like other pathogens, Chlamydia probab
ly uses this system to secrete proteins in the host cell. With the aim of i
dentifying such proteins, we analyzed the organization of Chlamydia type II
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