Ehrlichia chaffeensis Uses Its Surface Protein EtpE to Bind GPI-Anchored Protein DNase X and Trigger Entry into Mammalian Cells

Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an obligatory intracellular rickettsial pathogen, enters and replicates in monocytes/macrophages and several non-phagocytic cells. E. chaffeensis entry into mammalian cells is essential not only for causing the emerging zoonosis, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, but also for its...

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Autores principales: Mohan Kumar, Dipu, Yamaguchi, Mamoru, Miura, Koshiro, Lin, Mingqun, Los, Marek, Coy, Johannes F., Rikihisa, Yasuko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3789761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24098122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003666

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