Identification of Legionella pneumophila genes important for infection of amoebas by signature-tagged mutagenesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 977-987

  Polesky, A H ^a   Ross, J T D ^a   Falkow, S ^a   Tompkins, L S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; DNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA TRANSFER; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM; SARCODINA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES; MUTAGENESIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; U937 CELLS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035139918     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.2.977-987.2001     Document Type: Article

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