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The Burkholderia pseudomallei type III secretion system and BopA are required for evasion of LC3-associated phagocytosis.
PloS one - 11 Mar 2011
Gong Lan, Cullinane Meabh, Treerat Puthayalai, Ramm Georg, Prescott Mark, Adler Ben, Boyce John D, Devenish Rodney J
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Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a fatal infectious disease endemic in tropical regions worldwide, and especially prevalent in southeast Asia and northern Australia. This intracellular pathogen can escape from phagosomes into the host cytoplasm, where it replicates and infects adjacent cells. We previously demonstrated that, in response to B. pseudomallei infection of macrophage...
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