THE DIVERSE HABITATS OF OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR PARASITES

Authors
HACKSTADT T
Citation
T. Hackstadt, THE DIVERSE HABITATS OF OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR PARASITES, CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY, 1(1), 1998, pp. 82-87
Citations number
60
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY → ACNP
ISSN journal
13695274
Volume
1
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
82 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
1369-5274(1998)1:1<82:TDHOOI>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Bacterial obligate intracellular parasites have evolved diverse mechan isms for evasion of host cellular defenses. These mechanisms involve a daptations for survival in distinct intracellular compartments. Intrac ellular niches inhabited by obligate intracellular parasites include t he cytoplasm, arrested early endosomes, lysosomes, and vesicles that d o not fuse with the endosomal compartment but intersect with an exocyt ic pathway.