Publications by authors named "Natalie Sturd"

The obligate intracellular pathogen, , establishes an intracellular niche within a host membrane-derived vacuole called the chlamydial inclusion. From within this inclusion, orchestrates numerous host-pathogen interactions, in part, by utilizing a family of type III secreted effectors, termed inclusion membrane proteins (Incs). Incs are embedded within the inclusion membrane, and some function to recruit host proteins to the inclusion.

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Proline acquired via specific transporters can serve as a proteinogenic substrate, carbon and nitrogen source, or osmolyte. Previous reports have documented that Staphylococcus aureus, a major community and nosocomial pathogen, encodes at least four proline transporters, PutP, OpuC, OpuD, and ProP. A combination of genetic approaches and 3H-proline transport assays reveal that a previously unrecognized transporter, ProT, in addition to PutP, are the major proline transporters in S.

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