Identification of novel loci involved in entry by Legionella pneumophila

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1345-1359

  Cirillo, Suat L G ^a   Lum, Jeremy ^a   Cirillo, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Invasion; Phagocytosis; RTX; Sel 1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COSMID; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034123131     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1345     Document Type: Article

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