Cell biology of Legionella pneumophila

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-34

  Vogel, Joseph P ^a,b   Isberg, Ralph R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; PROTEINASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; FLAGELLUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 0033061519     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80005-8     Document Type: Article

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