Intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila in Dictyostelium discoideum, a system for genetic analysis of host-pathogen interactions

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2939-2947

  Solomon, Jonathan M ^a   Rupper, Adam ^b   Cardelli, James A ^b   Isberg, Ralph R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LYSOSOMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 0034061748     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2939-2947.2000     Document Type: Article

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