Infection by Anaplasma phagocytophilum Requires Recruitment of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol by Flotillins
Cholesterol is essential for animal cells, but most bacteria do not depend on cholesterol and instead lack cholesterol. However, the intracellular Gram-negative bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum that causes human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is unusual, as it contains significant amount of chol...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2019-03-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02783-18 |