Essential role for the Legionella pneumophila rep helicase homologue in intracellular infection of mammalian cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6970-6978

  Harb, Omar S ^a   Abu Kwaik, Yousef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HELICASE; THYMIDINE; THYMINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHAGOSOMES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; THYMINE; U937 CELLS;

EID: 0034444554     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6970-6978.2000     Document Type: Article

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