Legionella pneumophila entry gene rtxA is involved in virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 508-517

  Cirillo, S L G ^a   Bermudez, L E ^a   El Etr, S H ^a   Duhamel, G E ^a   Cirillo, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL SPREADING; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG; MICE; MONOCYTES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035172595     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.1.508-517.2001     Document Type: Article

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