Phase-variable expression of lipopolysaccharide contributes to the virulence of Legionella pneumophila

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-60

  Lüneberg, Edeltraud ^a   Zähringer, Ulrich ^b   Knirel, Yuriy A ^b   Steinmann, Dorothee ^b   Hartmann, Maike ^a   Steinmetz, Ivo ^c   Rohde, Manfred ^d   Köhl, Jörg ^c   Frosch, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; LPS; Phase variation; Serum resistance; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL DIVISION; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUNG; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0346599414     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.1.49     Document Type: Article

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