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Abstract
Professional phagocytes digest internalized microorganisms by actively delivering them into the phagolysosomal compartment. Intravacuolar bacterial pathogens have evolved a variety of effective strategies to bypass the default pathway of phagosomal maturation to create a niche permissive for their survival and propagation. Here we discuss recent progress in our understanding of the sophisticated mechanisms used by Legionella pneumophila to survive in phagocytes.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23159466 PMCID: PMC3558624 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.11.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN: 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700