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A Legionella pneumophila amylase is essential for intracellular replication in human macrophages and amoebae

Legionella pneumophila invades protozoa with an “accidental” ability to cause pneumonia upon transmission to humans. To support its nutrition during intracellular residence, L. pneumophila relies on host amino acids as the main source of carbon and energy to feed the TCA cycle. Despite the apparent...

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Autores principales: Best, Ashley, Price, Christopher, Ozanic, Mateja, Santic, Marina, Jones, Snake, Abu Kwaik, Yousef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5910436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29679057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24724-1