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Identification of Salmonella functions critical for bacterial cell division within eukaryotic cells.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 2005
Henry T, García-Del Portillo F, Gorvel J P
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Salmonella typhimurium multiplication inside eukaryotic host cells is critical for virulence. Salmonella typhimurium strain SL1344 appears as filaments upon growth in macrophages and MelJuSo cells, a human melanoma cell line, indicating a specific blockage in the bacterial cell division process. Several studies have investigated the host cell response impairing bacterial division. However, none looked at the...
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