The prepilin peptidase is required for protein secretion by and the virulence of the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 959-970

  Liles, Mark R ^a   Edelstein, Paul H ^b   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; PREPILIN PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GUINEA PIG; HEMOLYSIS; INOCULATION; LD 50; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG CLEARANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GUINEA PIGS; HARTMANNELLA; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; SPLEEN; STATISTICS; STEM CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; U937 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032907336     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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