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The TolC protein of Legionella pneumophila plays a major role in multi-drug resistance and the early steps of host invasion.
PloS one - 4 Nov 2009
Ferhat Mourad, Atlan Danièle, Vianney Anne, Lazzaroni Jean-Claude, Doublet Patricia, Gilbert Christophe
Abstract excerpt
Pneumonia associated with Iegionnaires's disease is initiated in humans after inhalation of contaminated aerosols. In the environment, Legionella pneumophila is thought to survive and multiply as an intracellular parasite within free-living amoeba. In the genome of L. pneumophila Lens, we identified a unique gene, tolC, encoding a protein that is highly homologous to the outer membrane protein TolC of Escherichia...
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