Coxiella burnetii express type IV secretion system proteins that function similarly to components of the Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 965-976

  Zamboni, Dario S ^a,b   McGrath, Susan ^b   Rabinovitch, Michel ^a   Roy, Craig R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DOT; PROTEIN ICMQ; PROTEIN ICMR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DOTB GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; ICMQ GENE; ICMS GENE; ICMW GENE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; VACUOLES; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0041563931     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03626.x     Document Type: Article

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