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The genetic basis of Escherichia coli pathoadaptation to macrophages.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jan 2013
Miskinyte Migla, Sousa Ana, Ramiro Ricardo S, de Sousa Jorge A Moura, Kotlinowski Jerzy, Caramalho Iris, Magalhães Sara, Soares Miguel P, Gordo Isabel
Abstract excerpt
Antagonistic interactions are likely important driving forces of the evolutionary process underlying bacterial genome complexity and diversity. We hypothesized that the ability of evolved bacteria to escape specific components of host innate immunity, such as phagocytosis and killing by macrophag...
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