Influence of the alternative σ28 factor on virulence and flagellum expression of Legionella pneumophila

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1604-1608

  Heuner, Klaus ^a   Dietrich, Claudia ^a   Skriwan, Carina ^a   Steinert, Michael ^a   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMOEBA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPLICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DICTYOSTELIUM; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTATION; SARCODINA; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0036177978     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.3.1604-1608.2002     Document Type: Article

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