Anaplasma phagocytophilum nutritional virulence mechanisms target the host cell secretory pathway

Obligate intracellular pathogens must acquire host cell-derived nutrients to facilitate their survival. One such bacterial pathogen, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, replicates within neutrophils and non-phagocytic cells in a bacterial-modified, host cell-derived vacuole. The bacterium exploits host cell...

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Main Author: Truchan, Hilary Kay
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2014
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3620
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4641&context=etd