title: Disulfide-linked oligomers of the major outer membrane protein of chlamydiae.
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.
mesh_terms: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000032:analysis*; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000032:analysis*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins