The Legionella pneumophila prp locus required during infection of macrophages and amoebae

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 369-376

  Stone, Barbara J ^a   Brier, Adam ^a   Kwaik, Yousef Abu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracellular; Iron; PhoA; pmi; prpD

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRON; MAGNESIUM;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SARCODINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SARCODINA; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033404610     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1999.0311     Document Type: Article

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