Biochemical and functional analyses of the Mip protein: Influence of the N-terminal half and of peptidylprolyl isomerase activity on the virulence of Legionella pneumophila

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4389-4397

  Köhler, Rolf ^a   Fanghänel, Jörg ^b   König, Bettina ^b   Lüneberg, Edeltraud ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Rahfeld, Jens Ulrich ^b   Hilgenfeld, Rolf ^c   Fischer, Gunter ^b   Hacker, Jörg ^a   Steinert, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK RESEARCH UNIT FOR ENZYMOLOGY OF PROTEIN FOLDING   (Germany)

^c FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHILIN; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHILINS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0042265192     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.8.4389-4397.2003     Document Type: Article

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