Ehrlichia chaffeensis uses its surface protein EtpE to bind GPI-anchored protein DNase X and trigger entry into mammalian cells.

Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an obligatory intracellular rickettsial pathogen, enters and replicates in monocytes/macrophages and several non-phagocytic cells. E. chaffeensis entry into mammalian cells is essential not only for causing the emerging zoonosis, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, but also for its...

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Principais autores:	Dipu Mohan Kumar, Mamoru Yamaguchi, Koshiro Miura, Mingqun Lin, Marek Los, Johannes F Coy, Yasuko Rikihisa
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Colecção:	PLoS Pathogens
Acesso em linha:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24098122/?tool=EBI
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