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The “Biological Weapons” of Ehrlichia chaffeensis: Novel Molecules and Mechanisms to Subjugate Host Cells

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular bacterium that causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis, an emerging, potentially fatal tick-borne infectious disease. The bacterium enters human cells via the binding of its unique outer-membrane invasin EtpE to the cognate receptor DNase X on the hos...

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Autor principal: Rikihisa, Yasuko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35155275
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.830180

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