Identification of a Gal/GalNAc lectin in the protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis as a potential receptor for attachment and invasion by the Legionnaires' disease bacterium

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-547

  Venkataraman, Chandrasekar ^a   Haack, Bradley J ^a   Bondada, Subbarao ^a   Abu Kwaik, Yousef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTOZOON; SARCODINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; GALACTOSE; GENISTEIN; HARTMANNELLA; ISOFLAVONES; LECTINS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0030750209     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.4.537     Document Type: Article

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