Raphael H. Valdivia

The yeast clathrin adaptor protein complex 1 is required for the efficient retention of a subset of late Golgi membrane proteins.

The CD14 receptor does not mediate entry of Mycobacterium tuberculosis into human mononuclear phagocytes.

The yeasts Rho1p and Pkc1p regulate the transport of chitin synthase III (Chs3p) from internal stores to the plasma membrane.

Modeling the function of bacterial virulence factors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The uses of green fluorescent protein in prokaryotes.

Multifunctional analysis of Chlamydia-specific genes in a yeast expression system.

The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis targets host lipid droplets.

Identification of host-induced pathogen genes by differential fluorescence induction reporter systems.

Endosymbiosis: the evil within.

Chlamydia effector proteins and new insights into chlamydial cellular microbiology.

Pmp-like proteins Pls1 and Pls2 are secreted into the lumen of the Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion.

Cytoplasmic lipid droplets are translocated into the lumen of the Chlamydia trachomatis parasitophorous vacuole.

Actin and intermediate filaments stabilize the Chlamydia trachomatis vacuole by forming dynamic structural scaffolds.

Leading a sheltered life: intracellular pathogens and maintenance of vacuolar compartments.

New insights into Chlamydia intracellular survival mechanisms.

Reorganization of the host cytoskeleton by the intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis.

The Chlamydia type III secretion system C-ring engages a chaperone-effector protein complex.

Acquisition of nutrients by Chlamydiae: unique challenges of living in an intracellular compartment.

cPLA2 regulates the expression of type I interferons and intracellular immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis.

Uncivil engineers: Chlamydia, Salmonella and Shigella alter cytoskeleton architecture to invade epithelial cells.

Lipooligosaccharide is required for the generation of infectious elementary bodies in Chlamydia trachomatis.

The Chlamydia protease CPAF regulates host and bacterial proteins to maintain pathogen vacuole integrity and promote virulence.

Chlamydia protease-like activity factor (CPAF): characterization of proteolysis activity in vitro and development of a nanomolar affinity CPAF zymogen-derived inhibitor.

Quantitative proteomics reveals metabolic and pathogenic properties of Chlamydia trachomatis developmental forms.

Virulence determinants in the obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis revealed by forward genetic approaches.

Thinking outside the box: new strategies for antichlamydial control.

STING-dependent recognition of cyclic di-AMP mediates type I interferon responses during Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

Chlamydial intracellular survival strategies.

IRG and GBP host resistance factors target aberrant, "non-self" vacuoles characterized by the missing of "self" IRGM proteins.

Mutations in hemG mediate resistance to salicylidene acylhydrazides, demonstrating a novel link between protoporphyrinogen oxidase (HemG) and Chlamydia trachomatis infectivity.