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Functional expression of Nramp1 in vitro in the murine macrophage line RAW264.7.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 1999
Govoni G, Canonne-Hergaux F, Pfeifer C G, Marcus S L, Mills S D, Hackam D J, Grinstein S, Malo D, Finlay B B, Gros P
Abstract excerpt
Mutations at the Nramp1 locus in vivo cause susceptibility to infection by unrelated intracellular microbes. Nramp1 encodes an integral membrane protein abundantly expressed in the endosomal-lysosomal compartment of macrophages and is recruited to the phagosomal membrane following phagocytosis. T...
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