Legionella pneumophila mutants that are defective for iron acquisition and assimilation and intracellular infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 629-636

  Pope, C Dumais ^a   O'Connell, William A ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; DNA; ETHYLENEDIAMINE N,N' BIS(2 HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID); IRON; RUFOCROMOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030033029     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.2.629-636.1996     Document Type: Article

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