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Mycobacterium marinum MgtC plays a role in phagocytosis but is dispensable for intracellular multiplication.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Belon Claudine, Gannoun-Zaki Laïla, Lutfalla Georges, Kremer Laurent, Blanc-Potard Anne-Béatrice
Abstract excerpt
MgtC is a virulence factor involved in intramacrophage growth that has been reported in several intracellular pathogens, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. MgtC participates also in adaptation to Mg2+ deprivation. Herein, we have constructed a mgtC m...
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