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Different fates of Legionella pneumophila pmi and mil mutants within macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Dec 1998
Gao L Y, Stone B J, Brieland J K, Abu Kwaik Y
Abstract excerpt
Alveolar epithelial cells, which constitute the majority of the alveolar surface, may represent a potential niche for intracellular replication of Legionella pneumophila that has been largely overlooked. We examined the phenotypes of a bank of 121 macrophage-defective mutants of L. pneumophila (designated as pmi and mil) for their cytopathogenicity to and intracellular survival and replication within human...
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