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A high-content imaging assay for the quantification of the Burkholderia pseudomallei induced multinucleated giant cell (MNGC) phenotype in murine macrophages.
BMC microbiology - 22 Apr 2014
Pegoraro Gianluca, Eaton Brett P, Ulrich Ricky L, Lane Douglas J, Ojeda Jenifer F, Bavari Sina, DeShazer David, Panchal Rekha G
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BACKGROUND: Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp), a Gram-negative, motile, facultative intracellular bacterium is the causative agent of melioidosis in humans and animals. The Bp genome encodes a repertoire of virulence factors, including the cluster 3 type III secretion system (T3SS-3), the cluster 1 type VI secretion system (T6SS-1), and the intracellular motility protein BimA, that enable the pathogen to invade both...
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