From protozoa to mammalian cells: A new paradigm in the life cycle of intracellular bacterial pathogens

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-265

  Harb, Omar S ^a,b   Gao, Lian Yong ^a,c   Kwaik, Yousef Abu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; SHORT SURVEY;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAMMALS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034547862     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2000.00112.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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