Bacteria Filamentation, a Contributing Factor to the Intracellular Survival of Legionella pneumophila
Legionella pneumophila (Lp) is the pathogen responsible for Legionnaires disease. Lp invades and survives in human macrophages to form an intracellular compartment, called the Legionella containing vacuole (LCV). Within the LCV, Lp avoids degradation and replicates, before killing its host and rel...
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| Language: | en_ca |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33217 |