The Legionella pneumophila icmGCDJBF genes are required for killing of human macrophages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2245-2255

  Purcell, Mary ^a   Shuman, Howard A ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 0031948655     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.5.2245-2255.1998     Document Type: Article

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