Role of the Yersinia protein YopK in microbe-host interactions
There are three human pathogenic species of the genus Yersiniae: Yersinia pestis, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. To cause disease, these strains inhibit several key innate defense mechanisms, including phagocytosis, the critical process for bacterial clearance. The ability...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
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Umeå universitet, Institutionen för molekylärbiologi (Medicinska fakulteten)
2012
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-53585 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7459-408-9 |