Dictyostelium discoideum: a new host model system for intracellular pathogens of the genus Legionella.

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Published in Cell Microbiol on April 01, 2000

Authors

S Hägele1, R Köhler, H Merkert, M Schleicher, J Hacker, M Steinert

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1: Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany.

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