Signal transduction in the protozoan host Hartmannella vermiformis upon attachment and invasion by Legionella micdadei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3134-3139

  Abu Kwaik, Yousef ^a   Venkataraman, Chandrasekar ^a   Harb, Omar S ^a   Gao, Liang Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LECTIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SARCODINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA MICDADEI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; SARCODINA; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI;

EID: 0001589311     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.9.3134-3139.1998     Document Type: Article

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