Legionella pneumophila genes that encode lipase and phospholipase C activities

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2223-2231

  Aragon, Virginia ^a   Rossier, Ombeline ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracellular bacteria; Legionaires' disease; Lipolytic enzymes; Macrophages; Type II secretion

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLINE (4 NITROPHENYL PHOSPHATE); CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; FATTY ACID; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW; SARCODINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARTMANNELLA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SARCODINA;

EID: 0036066615     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-7-2223     Document Type: Review

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