Ehrlichia chaffeensis EplA Interaction With Host Cell Protein Disulfide Isomerase Promotes Infection

Ehrlichia chaffeensis EplA Interaction With Host Cell Protein Disulfide Isomerase Promotes Infection

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that invades monocytes to cause the emerging and potentially severe disease, monocytic ehrlichiosis. Ehrlichial invasion of host cells, a process that is essential for the bacterium's survival and pathogenesis, is incompletely underst...

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Main Authors: Ryan S. Green, Jerilyn R. Izac, Waheeda A. Naimi, Nathaniel O'Bier, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Richard T. Marconi, Jason A. Carlyon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Ehrlichia
protein disulfide isomerase
Intracellular bacteria
bacterial invasion
adhesin
anaplamataceae
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00500/full

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