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Legionella pneumophila EnhC is required for efficient replication in tumour necrosis factor alpha-stimulated macrophages.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Sept 2008
Liu Mingyu, Conover Gloria M, Isberg Ralph R
Abstract excerpt
Legionella pneumophila enhC(-) mutants were originally identified as being defective for uptake into host cells. In this work, we found that the absence of EnhC resulted in defective intracellular growth when dissemination of intracellular bacteria to neighbouring cells was expected to occur. No such defect was observed during growth within the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. Culture supernatants containing the...
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