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Mutations in Ehrlichia chaffeensis Genes ECH_0660 and ECH_0665 Cause Transcriptional Changes in Response to Zinc or Iron Limitation.
Journal of bacteriology - 8 Jun 2021
Torres-Escobar Ascención, Juárez-Rodríguez María D, Ganta Roman R
Abstract excerpt
Ehrlichia chaffeensis causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis by replicating within phagosomes of monocytes/macrophages. A function disruption mutation within the pathogen's ECH_0660 gene, which encodes a phage head-to-tail connector protein, resulted in the rapid clearance of the pathogen in vivo, while aiding in induction of sufficient immunity in a host to protect against wild-type infection challenge. In this...
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