Elevated levels of Legionella pneumophila stress protein Hsp60 early in infection of human monocytes and L929 cells correlate with virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1968-1976

  Fernandez, Rachel C ^a,b   Logan, Susan M ^a   Lee, Spencer H S ^a   Hoffman, Paul S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FLUOROGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PHAGOSOME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029885305     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.1968-1976.1996     Document Type: Article

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