Parachlamydia acanthamoeba enters and multiplies within human macrophages and induces their apoptosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5979-5985

  Greub, Gilbert ^a   Mege, Jean Louis ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE; LIPOCORTIN 5;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; CELL COUNT; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBA; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIALES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL ADP, ATP TRANSLOCASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACUOLES;

EID: 0141780916     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.5979-5985.2003     Document Type: Article

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