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Description: A screen clip from a video included in the journal article “Environmental Dimensionality Controls the Interaction of Phagocytes with the Pathogenic Fungi Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans” A well resolved dendritic cell drags a conidium through a distance of up to 9 μm. The conidium, however, is not phagocytosed by the cell.
Title: Dendritic cell
Credit: Source: PLoS Pathogens - http://pathogens.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.ppat.0030013
Author: Judith Behnsen, Priyanka Narang, Mike Hasenberg, Frank Gunzer, Ursula Bilitewski, Nina Klippel, Manfred Rohde, Matthias Brock, Axel A. Brakhage, Matthias Gunzer
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
License: CC BY 2.5
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