Identification of Legionella pneumophila rcp, a pagP-like gene that confers resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides and promotes intracellular infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 4276-4286

  Robey, M ^a   O'Connell, W ^a   Cianciotto, N P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; HEME; MAGNESIUM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE MUTATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SARCODINA; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; U937 CELLS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034972212     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.7.4276-4286.2001     Document Type: Article

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