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. 1983 May;154(2):998–1001. doi: 10.1128/jb.154.2.998-1001.1983

Disulfide-Linked Oligomers of the Major Outer Membrane Protein of Chlamydiae

Wilbert J Newhall V 1, Robert B Jones 1,2
PMCID: PMC217558  PMID: 6841322

Abstract

The major outer membrane protein of chlamydial elementary bodies was identified in dimer, trimer, and other multimeric forms. These natural multimers were stabilized by disulfide-mediated cross-linking. Such cross-linking of outer membrane proteins may play an important role in the formation and evolution of chlamydial cell wall structure.

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