Effect of rickettsial toxin VapC on its eukaryotic host.

Rickettsia are intracellular bacteria typically associated with arthropods that can be transmitted to humans by infected vectors. Rickettsia spp. can cause mild to severe human disease with a possible protection effect of corticosteroids when antibiotic treatments are initiated. We identified latera...

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Main Authors: Gilles Audoly, Renaud Vincentelli, Sophie Edouard, Kalliopi Georgiades, Oleg Mediannikov, Grégory Gimenez, Cristina Socolovschi, Jean-Louis Mège, Christian Cambillau, Didier Raoult
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22046301/?tool=EBI