Interaction of Legionella pneumophila with Acanthamoeba castellanii: Uptake by coiling phagocytosis and inhibition of phagosome-lysosome fusion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 668-673

  Bozue, Joel A ^a   Johnson, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LYSOSOME; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030033030     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.2.668-673.1996     Document Type: Article

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