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Decreased intracellular survival of an fkpA mutant of Salmonella typhimurium Copenhagen.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1997
Horne S M, Kottom T J, Nolan L K, Young K D
Abstract excerpt
The fkpA gene of Salmonella typhimurium encodes a protein similar to the macrophage infectivity potentiator (Mip) proteins of Legionella pneumophila and Chlamydia trachomatis. Because Mip proteins enhance the ability of these intracellular pathogens to survive within macrophages and epithelial cells, we tested whether the product of the fkpA gene would have the same effect on the intracellular growth of a...
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