Role of the 25 kDa major outer membrane protein of Legionella pneumophila in attachment to U-937 cells and its potential as a virulence factor for chick embryos

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-244

  Krinos, C ^a   High, A S ^a   Rodgers, F G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CLONING; GENE ENCODING; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES;

CHICK EMBRYO; E. COLI; ELECTROPORATION; GENES ENCODING; HOST CELLS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLAE; MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OPSONIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHICKEN; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LD 50; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033036317     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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