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IcmF and DotU are required for optimal effector translocation and trafficking of the Legionella pneumophila vacuole.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2004
VanRheenen Susan M, Duménil Guillaume, Isberg Ralph R
Abstract excerpt
The gram-negative bacterium Legionella pneumophila causes a severe form of pneumonia called Legionnaires' disease, characterized by bacterial replication within alveolar macrophages. Prior to intracellular replication, the vacuole harboring the bacterium must first escape trafficking to the host lysosome, a process that is dependent on the Dot/Icm type IV secretion system. To identify genes required for...
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