Essential domains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum invasins utilized to infect mammalian host cells.
Anaplasma phagocytophilum causes granulocytic anaplasmosis, an emerging disease of humans and domestic animals. The obligate intracellular bacterium uses its invasins OmpA, Asp14, and AipA to infect myeloid and non-phagocytic cells. Identifying the domains of these proteins that mediate binding and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004669 |