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When Dicty Met Myco, a (Not So) Romantic Story about One Amoeba and Its Intracellular Pathogen
9 Jan 2018
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In recent years, Dictyostelium discoideum has become an important model organism to study the cell biology of professional phagocytes. This amoeba not only shares many molecular features with mammalian macrophages, but most of its fundamental signal transduction pathways are conserved in humans. The broad range of existing genetic and biochemical tools, together with its suitability for cell culture and live...
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