Hijacking Complement Regulatory Proteins for Bacterial Immune Evasion
The human complement system plays an important role in the defense against invading pathogens, inflammation and homeostasis. Invading microbes, such as bacteria, directly activate the complement system resulting in the formation of chemoattractants and in effective labeling of the bacteria for phago...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.02004/full |